40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

It is not for kings, Lemuel Not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire liquor.

Let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his troubles no more.

""Come!' they say, "let's have some wine, and let's fill ourselves with strong drink! Then, tomorrow will be like today, or even much better!'"

Give liquor to someone who is perishing, and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.

He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay down naked right in the middle of his tent.

"You are to say to them, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Drink, get drunk, and vomit! Fall down and don't get up because of the sword I'm sending among you."'

Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine for your stomach because of your frequent illnesses.

You may spend the money to your heart's content to buy livestock, flocks, wine, strong drink, and whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God."

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Wine causes mocking, and beer causes fights; everyone led astray by them lacks wisdom.

Don't associate with heavy drinkers or dine with gluttons,

"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!

Go ahead and enjoy your meals as you eat. Drink your wine with a joyful attitude, because God already has approved your actions.

No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the LORD's presence.

And when you eat and drink, you're eating and drinking for your own benefit, aren't you?

So be sure that you don't drink wine or anything intoxicating, and don't eat anything unclean

"Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked.

"How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, and champions in mixing strong drink,

So it was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot dine with the Lord and dine with demons,

then is to remain separate from wine and strong drink. He is not to drink vinegar or strong drink made from wine. He is not to drink grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried.

"You and your sons with you are not to drink wine that is, any intoxicating drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting. That way, you won't die. This is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Absolved from every act of sin, is wisdom by her kith and kin."

Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.

Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

Eli told her, "How long will you stay drunk? Put away your wine!"

He told me, "Surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son!' and as for you, "Be sure that you don't drink wine or anything intoxicating, and don't eat anything unclean,' "because the young man will be a Nazirite dedicated to God from inside the womb' until the day he dies."

because he will be great in the Lord's presence. He will never drink wine or any strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

because whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Who has woe? Who has grief? Who has contention? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has bloodshot eyes?

For you spent enough time in the past doing what the gentiles like to do, living in sensuality, sinful desires, drunkenness, wild celebrations, drinking parties, and detestable idolatry.