101 Bible verses about Alcohol

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

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.\par

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.\par

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

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.}

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:

For if we have become united with {\i him} in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {\i in the likeness} of his resurrection;knowing this, that our old man was crucified with {\i him}, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

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.

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

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

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.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.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 David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:

And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth;\par\tab It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:\par\tab Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,\par\tab {\i And} oil to make his face to shine,\par\tab And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

For they eat the bread of wickedness,\par\tab And drink the wine of violence.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:\par\tab He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise,\par\tab And guide thy heart in the way.Be not among winebibbers,\par\tab Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions?\par\tab Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause?\par\tab Who hath redness of eyes?They that tarry long at the wine;\par\tab They that go to seek out mixed wine.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,\par\tab When it sparkleth in the cup,\par\tab When it goeth down smoothly:At the last it biteth like a serpent,\par\tab And stingeth like an adder.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;\par\tab Nor for princes {\i to say}, Where is strong drink?

Lest they drink, and forget the law,\par\tab And pervert the justice {\i due} to any that is afflicted.Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,\par\tab And wine unto the bitter in soul:Let him drink, and forget his poverty,\par\tab And remember his misery no more.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding {\i me} with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

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

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!

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

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

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.\par

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, {\i saying}, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.\par

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

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

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.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.}\par

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

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 John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.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!

and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on {\i them} oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.And Jesus saith unto her, {\cf6 Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.}His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.Jesus saith unto them, {\cf6 Fill the waterpots with water.} And they filled them up to the brim.And he saith unto them, {\cf6 Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast.} And they bare it.And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom,and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when {\i men} have drunk freely, {\i then} that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {\i these}: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,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.

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

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

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

For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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:

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

Thou hast showed thy people hard things:\par\tab Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

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.

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

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,\par\tab And are at their wits' end.

Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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.

They grope in the dark without light;\par\tab And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.\par

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!\par

Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.\par

They that sit in the gate talk of me;\par\tab And {\i I am} the song of the drunkards.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,\par\tab And wine unto the bitter in soul:Let him drink, and forget his poverty,\par\tab And remember his misery no more.

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.\par

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.\par

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:\par\tab Thou maintainest my lot.The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;\par\tab Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:\par\tab Thou hast anointed my head with oil;\par\tab My cup runneth over.

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

for I say unto you, I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.}

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