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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.
or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves—none of these will possess God's Kingdom.
Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Wake up and weep, you drunkards; cry, you wine-drinkers; the grapes for making new wine have been destroyed.
Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.
But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.
and he said to her, “Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!”
What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all.in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
You are doomed! You get up early in the morning to start drinking, and you spend long evenings getting drunk.At your feasts you have harps and tambourines and flutes—and wine. But you don't understand what the Lord is doing,
Don't associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
Show me people who drink too much, who have to try out fancy drinks, and I will show you people who are miserable and sorry for themselves, always causing trouble and always complaining. Their eyes are bloodshot, and they have bruises that could have been avoided.Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.Weird sights will appear before your eyes, and you will not be able to think or speak clearly.You will feel as if you were out on the ocean, seasick, swinging high up in the rigging of a tossing ship.“I must have been hit,” you will say; “I must have been beaten up, but I don't remember it. Why can't I wake up? I need another drink.”
You have spent enough time in the past doing what the heathen like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lust, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols.
Church helpers must also have a good character and be sincere; they must not drink too much wine or be greedy for money;
Listen, Lemuel. Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol.When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
The Lord holds a cup in his hand, filled with the strong wine of his anger. He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it; they drink it down to the last drop.
“Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you
Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day—no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful nature and satisfying its desires.
What I meant was that you should not associate with a person who calls himself a believer but is immoral or greedy or worships idols or is a slanderer or a drunkard or a thief. Don't even sit down to eat with such a person.
Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.Let them drink and forget their poverty and unhappiness.
they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
But a country is fortunate to have a king who makes his own decisions and leaders who eat at the proper time, who control themselves and don't get drunk.
These are Solomon's proverbs: Wise children make their fathers proud of them; foolish ones bring their mothers grief.
You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me; you welcome me as an honored guest and fill my cup to the brim.
Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.
Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.
But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,then the master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the disobedient.
For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
For as you eat, you each go ahead with your own meal, so that some are hungry while others get drunk.
Driven on by my desire for wisdom, I decided to cheer myself up with wine and have a good time. I thought that this might be the best way people can spend their short lives on earth.
I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.
The kingdom of Israel is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on the heads of its drunken leaders. Their proud heads are well perfumed, but there they lie, dead drunk.He is trying to teach us letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson.”If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson.He offered rest and comfort to all of you, but you refused to listen to him.That is why the Lord is going to teach you letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson. Then you will stumble with every step you take. You will be wounded, trapped, and taken prisoner.Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the Lord is saying.You boast that you have made a treaty with death and reached an agreement with the world of the dead. You are certain that disaster will spare you when it comes, because you depend on lies and deceit to keep you safe.This, now, is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I am placing in Zion a foundation that is firm and strong. In it I am putting a solid cornerstone on which are written the words, ‘Faith that is firm is also patient.’Justice will be the measuring line for the foundation, and honesty will be its plumb line.” Hailstorms will sweep away all the lies you depend on, and floods will destroy your security.The treaty you have made with death will be abolished, and your agreement with the world of the dead will be canceled. When disaster sweeps down, you will be overcome.It will strike you again and again, morning after morning. You will have to bear it day and night. Each new message from God will bring new terror!The Lord has someone strong and powerful ready to attack them, someone who will come like a hailstorm, like a torrent of rain, like a rushing, overpowering flood, and will overwhelm the land.You will be like the person in the proverb, who tries to sleep in a bed too short to stretch out on, with a blanket too narrow to wrap himself in.The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim and in the valley of Gibeon, in order to do what he intends to do—strange as his actions may seem. He will complete his work, his mysterious work. Don't laugh at the warning I am giving you! If you do, it will be even harder for you to escape. I have heard the Lord Almighty's decision to destroy the whole country.Listen to what I am saying; pay attention to what I am telling you.Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting.Once they have prepared the soil, they plant the seeds of herbs such as dill and cumin. They plant rows of wheat and barley, and at the edges of their fields they plant other grain.They know how to do their work, because God has taught them.They never use a heavy club to beat out dill seeds or cumin seeds; instead they use light sticks of the proper size.They do not ruin the wheat by threshing it endlessly, and they know how to thresh it by driving a cart over it without bruising the grains.All this wisdom comes from the Lord Almighty. The plans God makes are wise, and they always succeed.The pride of those drunken leaders will be trampled underfoot.
His words were smoother than cream, but there was hatred in his heart; his words were as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.
Young people who obey the law are intelligent. Those who make friends with good-for-nothings are a disgrace to their parents.
Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
Do not drink water only, but take a little wine to help your digestion, since you are sick so often.
Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline, in order to be crowned with a wreath that will not last; but we do it for one that will last forever.That is why I run straight for the finish line; that is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.
John will be great in the Lord's sight. He must not drink any wine or strong drink. From his very birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
Being wise is better than being strong; yes, knowledge is more important than strength.
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.
Keep me from wanting to do wrong and from joining evil people in their wickedness. May I never take part in their feasts.
I tell you, I will never again drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in my Father's Kingdom.”
So then, my friends, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you: Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.
O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.
When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results.”
The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’
When you sit down to eat with someone important, keep in mind who he is.Never move an old property line or take over land owned by orphans.The Lord is their powerful defender, and he will argue their case against you.Pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can.Don't hesitate to discipline children. A good spanking won't kill them.As a matter of fact, it may save their lives.My child, if you become wise, I will be very happy.I will be proud when I hear you speaking words of wisdom.Don't be envious of sinful people; let reverence for the Lord be the concern of your life.If it is, you have a bright future.Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself.Don't associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.Listen to your father; without him you would not exist. When your mother is old, show her your appreciation.Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense—these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.A righteous person's parents have good reason to be happy. You can take pride in a wise child.Let your father and mother be proud of you; give your mother that happiness.Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap.They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful.Show me people who drink too much, who have to try out fancy drinks, and I will show you people who are miserable and sorry for themselves, always causing trouble and always complaining. Their eyes are bloodshot, and they have bruises that could have been avoided.Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.
For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.
‘Let's get some wine,’ these drunkards say, ‘and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!’”
But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin.
Now I did not mean pagans who are immoral or greedy or are thieves, or who worship idols. To avoid them you would have to get out of the world completely.
If you appreciate wisdom, your parents will be proud of you. It is a foolish waste to spend money on prostitutes.
We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves.Again it says, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with God's people!”And again, “Praise the Lord, all Gentiles; praise him, all peoples!”And again, Isaiah says, “A descendant of Jesse will appear; he will come to rule the Gentiles, and they will put their hope in him.”May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.My friends: I myself feel sure that you are full of goodness, that you have all knowledge, and that you are able to teach one another.But in this letter I have been quite bold about certain subjects of which I have reminded you. I have been bold because of the privilege God has given meof being a servant of Christ Jesus to work for the Gentiles. I serve like a priest in preaching the Good News from God, in order that the Gentiles may be an offering acceptable to God, dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit.In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.
But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.
What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;
If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard.
Be obedient to God, and do not allow your lives to be shaped by those desires you had when you were still ignorant.
“We are allowed to do anything,” so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. “We are allowed to do anything”—but not everything is helpful.
Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them.
To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace.
I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.
He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!
Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself.Don't associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
May those who gloat over my suffering be completely defeated and confused; may those who claim to be better than I am be covered with shame and disgrace.
Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’