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 the power of any.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.\par

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.}

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil {\i one}.

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.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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.

Jesus answered them, {\cf6 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

For if we have become united with {\i him} in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {\i in the likeness} of his resurrection;knowing this, that our old man was crucified with {\i him}, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.\par

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to {\i fulfil} the lusts {\i thereof}.\par

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.

He whose spirit is without restraint\par\tab Is {\i like} a city that is broken down and without walls.\par

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,\par\tab {\i So is} a fool that repeateth his folly.

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.

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.

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!

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

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 {\i and} filthiness, {\i so that there is} no place {\i clean}.\par

He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?\par

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise 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 else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and {\b ye shall find rest unto your souls.}For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.}\par

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.}\par

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves {\i as} servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members {\i as} servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members {\i as} servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good {\i is} not.For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

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.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

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

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and {\i that} the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.\par

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.\par

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

All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, {\i he is} a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, the new is come.

And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, {\b I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.}Wherefore\par\tab {\b Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate,} saith the Lord,\par\tab {\b And touch no unclean thing};\par\tab And I will receive you,{\b And will be to you a Father,\par\tab And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,\par\tab saith the Lord Almighty.}

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.\par

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only {\i use} not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.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.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.\par

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and {\i whose} glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Put to death therefore the members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

abstain from every form of evil.\parAnd the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of {\i our} faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

Ye know {\i this}, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in {\i the time of} your ignorance:but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.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:

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in {\i the} world.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in {\i your} virtue knowledge;and in {\i your} knowledge self-control; and in {\i your} self-control patience; and in {\i your} patience godliness;and in {\i your} godliness brotherly kindness; and in {\i your} brotherly kindness love.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.\par

he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, {\i even} our faith.And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

Keep thy heart with all diligence;\par\tab For out of it are the issues of life.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked,\par\tab Nor standeth in the way of sinners,\par\tab Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;\par\tab And on his law doth he meditate day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,\par\tab That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,\par\tab Whose leaf also doth not wither;\par\tab And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

{\b A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;\par\tab He leadeth me beside still waters.He restoreth my soul:\par\tab He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

{\i The righteous} cried, and Jehovah heard,\par\tab And delivered them out of all their troubles.Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,\par\tab And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Create in me a clean heart, O God;\par\tab And renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence;\par\tab And take not thy holy Spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;\par\tab And uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,\par\tab And he saved them out of their distresses.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,\par\tab And brake their bonds in sunder.

{\b BETH.}\par\par\tab Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?\par\tab By taking heed {\i thereto} according to thy word.With my whole heart have I sought thee:\par\tab Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.Thy word have I laid up in my heart,\par\tab 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, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put 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 mine ordinances, and do them.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.

But seek ye first the kingdom {\i of God}, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And Jesus looking upon {\i them} said to them, {\cf6 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.}

For no word from God shall be void of power.

{\cf6 {\b The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,\par\tab Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor:\par\tab He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,\par\tab And recovering of sight to the blind,\par\tab To set at liberty them that are bruised,}

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made thee free from the law of sin and of death.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.\par

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as {\i we are, yet} without sin.Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

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