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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 covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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;\par\tab And drowsiness will clothe {\i a man} with rags.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
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.
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor {\i to do anything} whereby thy brother stumbleth.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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:
They grope in the dark without light;\par\tab And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.\par
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?
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;\par\tab And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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.
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!And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are {\i in} their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.\par
Be not among winebibbers,\par\tab Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;\par\tab And drowsiness will clothe {\i a man} with rags.
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.Thine eyes shall behold strange things,\par\tab And thy heart shall utter perverse things.Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,\par\tab Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.They have stricken me, {\i shalt thou say}, and I was not hurt;\par\tab They have beaten me, and I felt it not:\par\tab When shall I awake?\par\tab I will seek it yet again.\par
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:
Deacons in like manner {\i must be} grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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.
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.
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:
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to {\i fulfil} the lusts {\i thereof}.\par
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.
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.
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.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
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!
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,\par\tab And are at their wits' end.
The proverbs of Solomon.\par\par\tab A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;\par\tab But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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;the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
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 taketh before {\i other} his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,\par\tab And lose thy sweet words.
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.
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from 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 them that are overcome with wine!Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
His mouth was smooth as butter,\par\tab But his heart was war:\par\tab His words were softer than oil,\par\tab Yet were they drawn swords.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son;\par\tab But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.\par
Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom;\par\tab But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:\par\tab He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they {\i do it} to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: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
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.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Put to death therefore the members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;\par\tab But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Cease, my son, to hear instruction\par\tab {\i Only} to err from the words of knowledge.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;\par\tab And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing,\par\tab To practise deeds of wickedness\par\tab With men that work iniquity:\par\tab And let me not eat of their dainties.
But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.}\par
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, {\i which is} your spiritual service.
Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and {\i that} the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The simple believeth every word;\par\tab But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Thy vows are upon me, O God:\par\tab I will render thank-offerings unto thee.For thou hast delivered my soul from death:\par\tab {\i Hast thou} not {\i delivered} my feet from falling,\par\tab That I may walk before God\par\tab In the light of the living?\par
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
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!
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,\par\tab Consider diligently him that is before thee;And put a knife to thy throat,\par\tab If thou be a man given to appetite.Be not desirous of his dainties;\par\tab Seeing they are deceitful food.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
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
But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because {\i he eateth} not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.\par
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again;\par\tab But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
not at all {\i meaning} with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world:
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;\par\tab But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:\par\tab Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;\par\tab But I will trust in thee.\par
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,\par\tab Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {\i these}: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,\par\tab He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in {\i the time of} your ignorance:
All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
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 enticeth his neighbor,\par\tab And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
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
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,\par\tab And it came into his inward parts like water,\par\tab And like oil into his bones.
It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness;\par\tab And {\i so is} wisdom to a man of understanding.
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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:For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;\par\tab And drowsiness will clothe {\i a man} with rags.
Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt:\par\tab Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep,\par\tab Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.