8 Bible Verses about Addictions

promising them freedom, though they are slaves of destruction themselves; for a man is the slave of anything that conquers him.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin.

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ. Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,

the older women, too, to be reverent in their deportment, and not to be slanderers or slaves to heavy drinking, but to be teachers of what is right,

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned. What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death.

But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil, and some men in reaching after riches have wandered from the faith and pierced their hearts with many a pang.

Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you. Your wealth has rotted, your clothes are moth-eaten, your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will testify against you and devour your flesh like fire. You have stored up these things for the last days.

Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is good for me. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not become a slave to anything.