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.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

And do not get drunk on wine, for that is recklessness. Instead, be filled with the Ruach,

Do not join those drinking too much wine or gorging on meat,

Awake, drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine— on account of sweet wine, for it is denied to your mouth!

for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Stay alert! Watch out! Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything by which your brother stumbles.

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

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly.

They grope in darkness with no light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is unwise.

Then Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”

Now the deeds of the flesh are clear: sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,Listen—I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Messiah will be of no benefit to you.idolatry, witchcraft, hostility, strife, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, just as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine are at their banquets. They do not notice Adonai’s activity nor see the works of His hands.

Do not join those drinking too much wine or gorging on meat,for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes?Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Those who linger long over wine, who go looking for mixed wine.Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly.In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.Your eyes will see strange things. Your heart will utter perverse things.Then you will be like one lying down in the heart of the sea, or sprawled on the top of a mast.“They hit me! But I was not hurt. They beat me up! But I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will look for another drink.”

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to carry out the desire of the pagans—living in indecency, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, wild parties, and lawless idolatries.

Servant-leaders likewise must be dignified, not double-speaking, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,lest they drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

For God is the Judge: He lowers one and lifts up another.

“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Let us walk properly as in the day—not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and envy.Instead, put on the Lord Messiah Yeshua, and stop making provision for the flesh—for its cravings.

But now I am writing to you not to mix together with anyone who is being called a brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or a slanderer or a drunkard or a swindler—not even to eat with such a fellow.

Give strong drink to one who is dying, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed—let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, just as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

Happy are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobles, and your princes eat at the proper time— in self-control and not in drunkenness!

They reeled and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill was bewildered.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son gives joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil, my cup overflows.

I will meditate on Your precepts, and regard Your ways.

Turn my eyes away from gazing at vanity but revive me in Your ways.

Whoever loves knowledge loves correction, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.

and he begins to beat his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with drunkards,

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the young slave boys and girls and to eat and drink and get drunk,the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. And he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

for the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

for each one takes his own supper beforehand, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

You will vomit up the morsel you ate, and will waste your pleasant words.

Do not put your trust in princes— in man, in whom there is no salvation.

I thought deeply about how to cheer my flesh with wine—letting my heart guide me with wisdom—and how to grasp folly, so that I could see what was worthwhile for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.

Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!For it must be ‘precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’For through stammering lips and a foreign tongue He will speak to this people,To whom He said, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary, here is repose”— but they would not listen.So the word of Adonai is to them ‘precept on precept, precept on precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’ So they walk, and fall backward, and are broken, trapped, and captured.Therefore hear the word of Adonai, you scoffers, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem:“Because you have said, ‘We cut a covenant with death, we made a pact with Sheol, so when the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come for us, for we have made lies our refuge, and hid ourselves in falsehood’—Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone, a firm foundation— whoever trusts will not flee in haste.But I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line. Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and water will overflow the hiding place.Your covenant with death is annulled, and your pact with Sheol will not stand. An overflowing scourge will pass through and you will be its trampling place.As often as it passes through, it will seize you—morning by morning, by day and by night passing through. It will be sheer terror to understand the message.’”Behold, Adonai is strong and mighty, like a hailstorm, a destructive tempest, like a downpour of overflowing water, He hurls it down to earth with His hand.For too short is the bed to stretch on, too narrow the blanket to wrap up in.For Adonai will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will quake with awe as at the valley of Gibeon, to do His deed, His strange deed, and to work His work, His extraordinary work.So now, stop your scoffing, lest your shackles be strengthened! For I have heard from Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot of destruction determined upon the whole land.Give ear and hear my voice! Pay attention and hear my words.Does a plowman plow all day to sow the seed? Does he continually break open and harrow his ground?No! When he has leveled its surface, he scatters dill and sows cumin, plants wheat in rows, places barley, and rye on its border.For his God teaches him judgment, instructing him.For dill is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin. Rather, dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.Bread grain is crushed, but not endlessly. Rumbling cart wheels and horses over it would only crush it to powder.This also comes from Adonai-Tzva’ot: Wonderful is His counsel, great is His wisdom.The proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks will be trampled underfoot.

Therefore, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

He who keeps Torah is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and for your frequent ailments.)

Folly is joy to one who lacks sense, but one with discernment walks straight.

Whoever loves pleasure becomes poor. Whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Don’t you know that in a stadium the runners all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win!Every competitor exercises self-control in all respects. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one.So I run in this way—not aimlessly. So I box in this way—not beating the air.Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

He will be great before Adonai; and he should not drink wine and intoxicating beverage, but he will be filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh just out of his mother’s womb.

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge becomes even stronger.

Also when anyone eats and drinks, and finds satisfaction in all of his labor, it is the gift of God.

Let your gentleness be known to all people. The Lord is near.

Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.

A fool’s way is right in his own eyes, but the wise listen to advice.

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught doing something wrong, you who are directed by the Ruach, restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness—looking closely at yourself so you are not tempted also.

My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge.

nor give the devil a foothold.

Better to be slow to anger than a mighty warrior. One who controls his temper is better than one who conquers a city.

Let not my heart turn to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity, nor let me eat of their delicacies.

But I say to you, I will never drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

for He satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that the Ruach Elohim dwells among you?

The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.

in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?I am under vows to You, O God. I will present thank offerings to You.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking. and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or encroach on fields of the fatherless,for their redeemer is strong. He will plead their case against you.Apply your heart to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.Do not withhold correction from a child. If you strike him with a rod, he will not die.Punish him with a rod, and deliver his soul from Sheol.My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad.Yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be in the fear of Adonai.For surely there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off.Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way.and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.Do not join those drinking too much wine or gorging on meat,for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.Acquire truth and do not sell it, acquire wisdom, instruction and understanding.The father of a righteous one rejoices greatly. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.Let your father and your mother be glad, let she who bore you rejoice!My son, give your heart to me, and let your eyes observe my ways.For a prostitute is a deep pit, an adulterous woman is a narrow pit.Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes?Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

For the flesh sets its desire against the Ruach, but the Ruach sets its desire against the flesh—for these are in opposition to one another, so that you cannot do what you want.

“Come, let’s get wine, let’s guzzle strong drink. Tomorrow will be like today, only even better!”

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith. And whatever is not of faith is sin.

The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is a gracious giver.

let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

not at all meaning the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy or swindlers or idolaters, for then you would have to exit the world.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not just please ourselves.And again it says, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”And again, “Praise Adonai all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him.”And again, Isaiah says, “There shall be a shoot of Jesse; and the One who arises to rule the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles hope.”Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in trusting, so you may overflow with hope in the power of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.Now I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and also able to counsel one another.But I have written rather boldly to you on some points as a reminder—because of the grace given to me by Godto be a servant of Messiah Yeshua to the Gentiles, in priestly service to the Good News of God—so that the offering up of the Gentiles might be pleasing, made holy by the Ruach ha-Kodesh.So in Messiah Yeshua, I have reason to boast before God.For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Messiah accomplished through me, to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem and around even to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the Good News of Messiah.Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building him up.

Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

When you find honey, eat just enough, lest you are stuffed and vomit it.

Now the deeds of the flesh are clear: sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.

Like obedient children, do not be shaped by the cravings you had formerly in your ignorance.

“Everything is permitted”—but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permitted”—but not everything builds up.

But these also reel from wine and stagger from strong drink —the kohen and the prophet reel from strong drink— are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink, they are muddled in vision, they stumble in judgment.

A violent person lures his neighbor, leading him down a path that is no good.

For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Ruach is life and shalom.

I have treasured Your word in my heart, so I might not sin against You.

Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.

As doing wickedness is delight to a fool, so is wisdom to a man of discernment.

For each one will carry his own load.

My soul weeps with grief. Make me stand firm with Your word.

They no longer drink wine with song. Liquor is bitter to those drinking it.

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way.and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.Do not join those drinking too much wine or gorging on meat,for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior shaking off wine.

And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

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