20 Bible Verses about Strong Drink

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

"Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.

Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,

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 child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"

She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe."

Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD.

and spend the money for whatever you desire--oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink," he would be the preacher for this people!

I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink,

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,

"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.

But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.