Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 12 Bible Verses About Drinking
The Bible says a lot about drinking…most of it bad, so here are the top 12 Bible verses about drinking from Holy Scripture.
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For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
- 1 Peter 4:3
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(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
- 1 Timothy 5:23
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“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
- Luke 21:34
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It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
- Romans 14:21
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
- Matthew 11:18-19
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Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
- Romans 13:13-14
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Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
- Isaiah 5:22
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envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Galatians 5:21
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Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
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Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
- Proverbs 31:6-7
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And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Ephesians 5:18
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1
The Bible is clear that we are not to be drunk with wine or other strong drink, and these top 12 Bible verses about drinking prove that. Please share these with someone who might benefit from the Word of God.
