105 Bible Verses about Drunkenness

The Bible offers a lot of guidance about alcohol. Leviticus 10:9¹ says, "You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come." This passage doesn't mean we can't ever have a drink. Alcohol itself isn't sinful.

However, the Bible is very clear that we should steer clear of drunkenness and addiction. Ephesians 5:18² tells us, "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit." And 1 Corinthians 6:12³ reminds us, "‘I have the right to do anything,’ you say—but not everything is beneficial. ‘I have the right to do anything’—but I will not be mastered by anything."

So, think about it. While enjoying a drink might not be wrong in itself, it's important to be mindful and make sure it's not controlling you. It's about living a life that honors God and allows the Holy Spirit to guide you.

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.

nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

whoredom. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress.

It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, things which I am telling you in advance, just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Woe to him who gives a drink to his neighbors, pouring out your wrath and also making them drunk in order to see their nakedness!

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing!idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, things which I am telling you in advance, just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ah! Heroes at drinking wine, and men of capability at mixing strong drink!

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

To whom is woe? To whom is sorrow? To whom are quarrels? To whom is complaint? To whom are wounds without cause? To whom is redness of the eyes?Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles on the cup, going down smoothly.In the end, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perverse things.And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.“They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know it. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again.”

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.And there will be lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts, but they do not look at the deeds of Yahweh, and they do not see the work of his hands.

Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of their meat.For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.

Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

who causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil, and bread that strengthens the heart of man.

It is not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine is not for the kings, nor is strong drink for rulers.Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

“But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler—with such a person not even to eat.

He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

Those who hurry after another god increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger in the rendering of a decision,

Then the Lord awoke like one who had been asleep, awoke like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.And he beat back his enemies; he gave them over to perpetual scorn.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobility and your princes feast at the proper time— to gain strength and not to get drunk.

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards,

When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what is before you,Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;For their redeemer is strong, he himself will plead their cause against you.Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.My child, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad—even me!And my insides will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.May your heart not envy the sinners, but live in fear of Yahweh all day.Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart on the road.and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of their meat.For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.Listen to your father—he who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Buy truth and do not sell it, wisdom and instruction and understanding.The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.May your father and your mother be glad, and may she who bore you rejoice.My child, may you give your heart to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is an adulteress.She is also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.To whom is woe? To whom is sorrow? To whom are quarrels? To whom is complaint? To whom are wounds without cause? To whom is redness of the eyes?Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time to return,’ and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress.He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember any more.

Those sitting at the gate talk about me as also the songs of the drunkards.

A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

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

and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil, and bread that strengthens the heart of man.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.Stone and stone, measure and measure, both of them are an abomination of Yahweh.Even by his acts, a young man will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made them both.Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes and have plenty bread.“Bad, bad,” the buyer will say, but when one goes to him, then he will boast.There is gold and many costly stones, but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.Take his garment, for he has given security to a stranger, and on behalf of a foreigner—take it as pledge.Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.A plan will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.He reveals a secret, he who walks about with gossip, and do not associate with a babbler’s lips.Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life.

But I tell you, from now on I will never drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.”

I also explored the effects of indulging my flesh with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, I investigated folly so that I might discover what is good under heaven for humans to do during the days of their lives.

They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

For the time that has passed was sufficient to do what the Gentiles desire to do, having lived in licentiousness, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

Do not eat the bread of the stingy, and do not desire his delicacies.For, like hair in his throat, so it is. “Eat and drink!” he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.And yet a little while and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.But the afflicted will possess the land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.The wicked plans evil against the righteous, and gnashes at him with his teeth.The Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow to throw down the poor and the needy, to kill those upright in their way.Their sword will enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.The little belonging to the righteous is better than the wealth of many wicked.For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh supports the righteous.Yahweh knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)

Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

“They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know it. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again.”

In my heart I have hidden your word, so that I may not sin against you.

And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, to enjoy the fruit of all his toil, this also is a gift of God.

I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, bless his holy name.He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.For as the heavens are high above the earth, so his loyal love prevails over those who fear him.As far as east is from west, so he has removed far from us the guilt of our transgressions.As a father pities his children, so Yahweh pities those who fear him.For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.As for man, his days are like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.When the wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.But the loyal love of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to their children’s children,to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his precepts.Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits:

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts?For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,

My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst with new wine.Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child. Do not be weary of his reproofbecause whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.Happy is the one who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.For her income is better than the income of silver, and her revenue than that of gold.She is more precious than rubies, and all your desires shall not compare with her.Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.For length of days, years of life, and peace they shall add to you.

In his eyes a rejected one is contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to his own injury and does not retract it.

Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness.Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Take care that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no one growing up like a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.For you know that also afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears.For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged that not another word be spoken to them.fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy this one. For God’s temple is holy, which you are.

One who lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.You will tread on lion and viper; you will trample young lion and serpent.Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.He will call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.I will say to Yahweh, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

No, but in all these things we prevail completely through the one who loved us.

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

For thus says the high and lofty one who resides forever, and whose name is holy: “I reside in a high and holy place, and with the contrite and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

And if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it from you! For it is better for you that one of your members be destroyed than your whole body be thrown into hell.“Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn?If a man walks upon the hot coals, will his feet not be burned?Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.

For if because of food, your brother is grieved, you are no longer living according to love. Do not destroy by your food that person for whom Christ died.

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things. Thus those do so in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.Therefore I run in this way, not as running aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air.But I discipline my body and subjugate it, lest somehow after preaching to others, I myself should become disqualified.

For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

He who is slow to anger is better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak!”

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it comes the source of life.

Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports him with his hand.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse them.Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Think the same thing toward one another; do not think arrogantly, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own sight.Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people.If it is possible on your part, be at peace with all people.Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to dishonest gain.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

A person of kindness rewards himself, but a cruel person harms his own flesh.

For a fool speaks folly, and his mind does iniquity: to behave wickedly, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave the throat of the hungry empty, and he deprives the thirsty of drink.

To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul.All the paths of Yahweh are loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and statutes.Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my sin, because it is great.Who is the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.His soul will lodge in prosperity, and his offspring will possess the land.Intimate fellowship with Yahweh is for those who fear him, and he makes known his covenant to them.My eyes are continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from the net.Turn to me and have mercy on me because I am lonely and afflicted.Remove the troubles of my heart; bring me out from my distresses.Consider my affliction and trouble, and forgive all my sins.Consider that my enemies are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.

And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will will be given a severe beating.But the one who did not know and did things deserving blows will be given a light beating. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him for even more.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, things which I am telling you in advance, just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Do not be deceived! “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

The start of wisdom is fear of Yahweh, and knowledge of the Holy One, insight.

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

And I will take delight in your commands, which I love.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires,and do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give up.

Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,

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