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 greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

Be not among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of flesh.

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.

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

Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.

If therefore the Son should make you free, ye will truly be free.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.

Be not among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of flesh.For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?Those who tarry long at the wine. Those who go to seek out mixed wine.Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.At the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.Yea, thou shall be as he who lays down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lays upon the top of a mast.They have stricken me, [thou shall say], and I was not hurt. They have beaten me, and I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.

Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice [due] to any who is afflicted.

For in the hand of LORD there is a cup, and the wine foams. It is full of mixture, and he pours out of the same, surely [to] the dregs of it. All the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.

But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.

envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.

Happy are thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy rulers feast in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.

I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.

He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.

and should begin to beat the fellow bondmen, and to eat and drink with the drunken,

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving.

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

For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

The morsel which thou have eaten thou shall vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine (my heart yet guiding [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 th

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

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 those who are overcome with wine!Behold, LORD has a mighty and strong one. As a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast down to the earth with the hand.The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

No longer drink water, but use a little wine because of thy stomach and thy frequent weaknesses.

Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air.But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.

A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor. [It] is the gift of God.

Let your meekness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.

neither give place to the devil.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties.

But I say to you, that I will, no, not drink of this fruit of the grapevine henceforth until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.

Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank-offerings to thee.For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

When thou sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him who is before thee,and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.Be not desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit is against the flesh. For these are hostile to each other, so that whatever these things are ye may want, ye may not do.

Come ye, [they say], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.

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

and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world.

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.

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.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.

I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.

But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

He also clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

For each man will bear his own burden.

My soul melts for heaviness. Strengthen thou me according to thy word.

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.Be not among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of flesh.For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

Then LORD awoke as out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

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