Top 30 Bible Verses about Alcoholism

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things.

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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.

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

The mark of a good man is to be able to laugh at himself.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

I think that perhaps in the end, all of us are simply trying to find our way back home.