5 Bible Verses about Sobriety

Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

let us behave with decency as in open view; not with rioting and drunkenness, not with lewdness and brutality, not with strife and envy.

do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments:

The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.

He that aspires to be a bishop, desires an office that is honourable. a bishop therefore ought to be of an unspotted character, to have but one wife, to be sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, and qualified for teaching: not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy, read more.
obliging his children to behave with decorum. for if a man is incapable of governing his own family, how can he take care of the church of God? nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil. besides, he ought to stand fair in the opinion of unbelievers, lest he fall into disgrace, and the ambushes of the accuser. The deacons too must be grave, not double tongued, not addicted to drinking, or sordid gain, but by their integrity maintain the reverence due to the gospel. let them be first examin'd, and if they are without reproach, let them enter upon their office. their wives must be likewise grave, free from scandal, sober, and always faithful.

As for you, teach nothing but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience: the aged women likewise, to behave with sanctity of manners, not false accusers, not given to tipling, read more.
but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. the young men likewise exhort to be modest. In all things show yourself a pattern of virtue: in teaching shewing uncorruptness, gravity; let your doctrine be sound and inoffensive, that your opponents may be ashamed, and have nothing that is ill to say of us. Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, to be entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things. For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind: teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation.

therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.

Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Let your minds then be duely prepar'd, be vigilant, and constantly expect the favour you will meet with at the appearance of Jesus Christ.

Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.

therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.

but a lover of hospitality, humane, prudent, just, holy, temperate;

a bishop therefore ought to be of an unspotted character, to have but one wife, to be sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, and qualified for teaching: not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,

a bishop therefore ought to be of an unspotted character, to have but one wife, to be sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, and qualified for teaching: not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,

their wives must be likewise grave, free from scandal, sober, and always faithful.

and that the women be decent in their apparel, adorned with modesty and reserve, not with broider'd hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind: teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.

Now it is by virtue of my apostolical commission, that I charge every man among you, not to entertain too high an opinion of himself; but modestly consider, that 'tis God who has dealt to every man his proportion of spiritual gifts.

The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.

teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,

that the word of God may not be blasphemed. the young men likewise exhort to be modest.

but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,

their wives must be likewise grave, free from scandal, sober, and always faithful.