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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 howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
It is not for kings, O Lem´u-el, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do 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 continue until night, till wine inflame them!And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
It is not for kings, O Lem´u-el, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying:but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one, no, not to eat.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Blessed 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!
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of E´phra-im, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Per´azim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place?For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.The crown of pride, the drunkards of E´phra-im, shall be trodden under feet:
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver 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 a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
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, consider diligently what is before thee:Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:for their Redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.Let not thine heart envy sinners; but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyr´icum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
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, and guide thine heart in the way.and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and 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, and be merry.