Alcohol and wine is a popular topic that Christians often debate. Is drinking and partaking in alcohol a sin? How much is too much? Is it bad for you? Here are our top 24 Bible Verses about alcohol to study and with prayer you should be decide how alcohol should be treated in your life.
Here are our Top 24 Bible verses about alcohol!
24 Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
- Isaiah 5:11
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23 Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
- Isaiah 28:1
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22 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
- Psalm 75:8
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21 These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.
- Isaiah 28:7
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20 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.
- Numbers 6:3
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19 “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
- Leviticus 10:9
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18 Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
- Joel 1:5
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17 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
- Isaiah 25:6
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16 and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
- Psalm 104:15
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15 whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
- Hosea 4:11
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14 Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
- Judges 13:4
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13 May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.
- Genesis 27:28
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12 for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
- Luke 1:15
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11 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.
- Genesis 9:21
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10 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
- Proverbs 21:17
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9 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink, For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
- Proverbs 31:4-5
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8 Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
- Proverbs 23:20-21
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7 and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
- Deuteronomy 14:26
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6 (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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5 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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4 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
- Isaiah 5:22
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3 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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2 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Ephesians 5:18
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1
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Filled with the Spirit
Nothing good comes from drunkenness, and especially public drunkenness. That can land someone in jail, or worse, get someone hurt or killed. God commands us to “not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). The Apostle Paul means the Holy Spirit. If we’re filled with the Spirit, we’ll not as easily fulfill the desires of the flesh. The Spirit may be willing, but our flesh may not be, so being filled with the Spirit allows us to avoid the sin of drunkenness.
Strong Drink and Brawlers
I’ve heard people talk about a person who’s drunk as a “good drunk” while others were a “bad drunk.” They meant, they often ended up in fights and damaging something (a wall, a car, someone’s face), so the Proverb is true that “Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise” (20:1).
No Inheritance
A child of God has a great inheritance from God. In the kingdom, we can only imagine what that might look like, but the Apostle Paul warned the church at Corinth that “thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:10). Someone might be battling alcohol problems all their lives, but after conversion, they begin to overcome it. They still may fall occasionally, but it’s not their life style, however, a professing child of God who lives in drunkenness, can have no assurance of salvation.
A Brother to Stumble
If we invited someone over for dinner, and we knew they had battled alcoholism most of their life, the last thing we’d want to do is to serve wine, or any other alcoholic beverage. It may not be sin for us and our own conscience may not convict us of having a glass of wine at dinner, but it may offend or cause to offend a person who has come out of alcoholism. That’s last thing on earth we’d ever want to do. We might be the cause of them falling back into it, so “It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble” (Romans 14:21).
Having doubts
I believe if we have doubts, we shouldn’t do it, no matter what it is. Paul says that “whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Romans 14:23). If our conscience is troubled by drinking alcohol, especially more than one drink, then we should stop. If it doesn’t proceed from faith in our minds, then it is sin.
Timothy had frequent stomach issues. Perhaps it was part of his being in the leadership of the church, so Paul tells him, “No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments” (1 Timothy 5:23). I believe we overstress the “drink wine part” and not the “little wine” part, but the best advice is; in all things, moderation.
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Written by Pastor Jack Wellman
