40 Bible Verses about alcoholism
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It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?
let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.
Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.
and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!
Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.
And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?
Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.
he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, nor vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried.
Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
And Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"
For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
For the eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.
It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
