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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."
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, 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, or for rulers to crave strong drink,lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
Abstain from every form of evil.Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it. Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.The Lord is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”