12 Bible Verses about Drugs, Illegal Narcotics
Most Relevant Verses
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want! Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.