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104 Bible Verses about Addiction
Vices have serious consequences, not just physically, but spiritually too. They can really tie you down. You might think it's impossible to break free from whatever's got a hold of you, but I want to share the best antidote there is: the blood of Jesus.
When you come to Him and ask for His help, He's faithful and just to strengthen you in your weaknesses. It's not about your own power, because you can't do it on your own. It's about Christ's transforming power working in you.
So don't give up. As long as you're still breathing, there's hope. Jesus can change your life and make you a new person if you just ask Him and seek Him. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
As the Bible says in Isaiah 5:11 (NIV): "Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine."
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.
And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
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.
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.
For if we have become co-planted in the likeness of his death, then we will also be of the resurrection.Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin.
No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.
For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age.
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.
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.
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
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 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.For all tables are full of vomit, filthiness, no place [clean].
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Know ye not, that to what ye present yourselves as bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to what ye obey, whether of sin for death, or of obedience for righteousness?
(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification.
For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.But if I do this that I do not want, I no longer perform it, but sin dwelling in me.
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.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.
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.
Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.
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.
All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.
So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me.Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive youand will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.
For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.
But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.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.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Abstain from all appearance of evil.And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.
And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age.
Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man.But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
Therefore of Christ having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves also with the same mentality, because he who has suffered in flesh has ceased from sin,in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.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.
Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.Whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing the same sufferings are to be accomplished in the world by your brotherhood.
Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge,and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love.
promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.
Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.
He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.And who is he who overcomes the world, if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
They cried, and LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then they cried to LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.With my whole heart I have sought thee. O let me not wander from thy commandments.I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.
Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.And if thy right hand causes thee to stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
And having looked, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,
Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and of death.
For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds,casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,
Finally my brothers, be strong in Lord and in the power of his might.Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
And my God will fill your every need according to his wealth in glory in Christ Jesus.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
Let us hold firm the affirmation of the hope unwavering, for he who promised is faithful.
And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.
And he who sits upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write, because these words are TRUE and faithful.