Bible Verses about “alcohol and drugs”
The Bible contains 24 verses about alcohol and drugs across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,”
“for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.”
“envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
“Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,”
“idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,”
“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
“nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.”
“Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”
“Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?”
“If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.”
“Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”
“Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.”
“Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:”
“It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'”
“In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.”
“Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!”
“Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.”
“Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?”
“Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.”
“Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.”
“Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:”
“"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."”
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.”
“They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.”