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101 Bible Verses about Drunkards
I want to talk to you about something that might be hitting close to home: the struggle with alcohol. It can lead us down some pretty rough paths, hurting ourselves and those around us. It's important to really think about the ripple effect our choices have, you know? We have to own our actions.
If you're finding yourself in situations where alcohol is taking control, please know there's support out there. Don't hesitate to reach out and get the help you need to stay safe and healthy.
From my perspective, alcoholism, like any addiction, is a form of idolatry. Anything we turn to instead of God to fill that deep need in our hearts becomes an idol, and ultimately, a spiritual chain.
I want to share something that can truly set you free from this struggle. It's the power of Christ's blood. I believe it's strong enough to cleanse you, detoxify you, and make you a new person. There's real freedom waiting for you.
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
Be of sober spirit, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Do not look on the wine when it glistens red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
¶Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!
And their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not look upon the deeds of Yahweh, Nor do they see the work of His hands.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
¶Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is bread of falsehood.
Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to search out mixed wine.
Do not look on the wine when it glistens red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;
At the end—like a serpent it bites, And like a viper it stings.
Your eyes will see strange things And your heart will speak perverse things.
And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
“They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek yet another.”
For the time already past is sufficient for you to have worked out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not indulging in much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
Lest he drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
For a cup is in the hand of Yahweh, and the wine foams; It is full of His mixture, and He pours from this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.
“But be on guard, so that your hearts will not be overcome with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
Let us walk properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
But now I am writing to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those whose soul is bitter.
Let him drink and forget his poverty And he will not remember his trouble any longer.
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for might and not for drinking.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
I explored with my heart how to stimulate my body with wine—while my heart was guiding me wisely—and how to seize simpleminded folly, until I could see where is this good for the sons of men in what they do under heaven the few days of their lives.
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul,
Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine!
“For He says, ‘Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.’ ”
Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,
He who said to them, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary,” And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.
So the word of Yahweh to them will be, “Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,” That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.
Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
Because you have said, “We have cut a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a pact. The overflowing scourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have hidden ourselves with lying.”
Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.
“I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood, And the waters will overflow the secret place.
“Your covenant with death will be canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will become its trampling place.
“As often as it passes through, it will take you; For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand the report.”
Behold, the Lord has a strong and courageous agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has set it down to the earth with His hand.
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount Perazim; He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To work His work, His unusual work, And to labor in His labor, His exceptional labor.
So now do not carry on as scoffers, Lest your fetters be made stronger; For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts Of complete destruction, one that is decreed, on all the earth.
¶Give ear and hear my voice, Pay attention and hear my words.
Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow his ground?
Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cumin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?
For his God disciplines and teaches him proper judgment.
For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the wheel of a cart driven over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.
Grain for bread is crushed, But he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually disturb it, He does not crush it longer.
This also comes from Yahweh of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.
The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden under foot.
His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
He who observes the law is a son who understands, But he who befriends gluttons humiliates his father.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and perfect.
No longer drink water only, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Folly is gladness to him who lacks a heart of wisdom, But a man of discernment walks straight.
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will not drink any wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
Therefore, consider the members of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
The way of an ignorant fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
Brothers, even if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each of you looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds in wickedness With men who are workers of iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will fulfill thank offerings to You.
For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Understand well what is before you,
¶Do not move the ancient boundary And do not come into the fields of the orphans,
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
Bring your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
¶Do not withhold discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
You shall strike him with the rod And deliver his soul from Sheol.
¶My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad;
And my inmost being will exult When your lips speak upright things.
¶Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners, But be zealous in the fear of Yahweh always.
Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
You, my son, listen and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
So you should put a knife to your throat If you are a man of appetite.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
¶Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and discipline and understanding.
¶The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
¶Give your heart to me, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a harlot is a deep pit And a foreign woman is a narrow well.
Surely she lies in wait as a robber, And adds to the treacherous among men.
¶Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is bread of falsehood.
For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want.
“Come,” they say, “let us take wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today—beyond exceedingly great.”
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.
I did not at all mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the greedy and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who befriends harlots destroys his wealth.
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.
And again he says, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, And let all the peoples praise Him.”
And again Isaiah says, “There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge and being able also to admonish one another.
But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me by God
for me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore in Christ Jesus I have reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
For I will not be bold to speak of anything except what Christ has brought about through me, leading to the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his building up.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of corruption; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Have you found honey? Eat only enough for you, Lest you have more than your fill and vomit it.
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
He who shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor Will himself also call and not be answered.
As obedient children, not being conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things build up.
And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions; They totter when rendering a verdict.
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water And like oil into his bones.
Doing wickedness is like laughing to a fool, And so is wisdom to a man of discernment.
You, my son, listen and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
So you should put a knife to your throat If you are a man of appetite.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.” ’