40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink.

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

Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

Jehovah said: 'Say to them, This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up because of the wars that I am going to send you.'

Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your many infirmities.

Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, liquor-whatever you choose. Then you and your family will eat and enjoy yourselves there in the presence of Jehovah your God.

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

Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons.

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.

They no longer drink wine with a song. The beverage is bitter to its drinkers.

No, I am not drunk, she answered. I have not been drinking! I am desperate. I have prayed and poured out my troubles to Jehovah.

Did you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

Do not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food.

Woe to anyone who gives his neighbors drink and empties his bottle. He makes them drunk and then looks on their nakedness.

You are doomed! Heroes of the wine bottle! Brave and fearless when it comes to mixing drinks!

The days of Lot were similar. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted and they built.

They ate, they drank and they got married until Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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

You cannot drink the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Jehovah's Table and of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)

Nazirites must never drink wine, liquor, vinegar made from wine or liquor, or any kind of grape juice. They must never eat fresh grapes or raisins.

Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'A gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Wisdom is justified by its actions.

In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.

Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

He said to her: Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!

He told me I would become pregnant and have a son. He told me: 'Do not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. This is because the boy is to be dedicated to God as a Nazirite as long as he lives.'

He will be great in the eyes of God. He will not drink wine or strong drink and he will be full of Holy Spirit from the time of his birth.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say look he is a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

It will be like those days before the Flood. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning (not judging rightly) the Lord's body.

It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and weakened.

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

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).