5 Bible Verses about Sobriety

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter. read more.
Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

Faithful is the saying: If a man seeks the office of overseer, he desires a good work. The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; read more.
one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness; if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God? He should not be a new believer, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil. He must have a good reputation with those outside the congregation, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil. Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain. They should maintain the secret of the faith with a clear conscience. Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if they are blameless. Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Teach sound doctrine. Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine. read more.
They may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God will not be (defamed) dishonored. Urge the younger men to be sound in mind. Be an example of good works in all things, showing no corruption in your doctrine. Have sound speech that cannot be condemned so the man opposing us may be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us. Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back. They should not steal from them, but should show good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. For the grace (divine influence) of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

Brace up your minds. Remain sober, and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober.

but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Likewise I want women to be adorned in modest clothing, with modesty and soundness of mind; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly clothes;

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

For the grace (divine influence) of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

I say through the grace given to me that every man among you should not think more highly of himself than he ought to think. But to think soberly, just as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

They may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Urge the younger men to be sound in mind.

Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.