40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say , Where is strong drink?

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

Come ye,'say they , I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries: