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Bible Verses about โ€œdrinking alcoholโ€

The Bible contains 25 verses about drinking alcohol across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Galatians 5:21
905 votes

โ€œenvyings, 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.โ€

Galatians 5:19
810 votes

โ€œNow the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,โ€

Galatians 5:20
786 votes

โ€œidolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,โ€

1 Peter 5:8
656 votes

โ€œBe sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.โ€

1 Corinthians 6:10
600 votes

โ€œnor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.โ€

Ephesians 5:18
486 votes

โ€œDon't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,โ€

Romans 14:21
379 votes

โ€œIt is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.โ€

Proverbs 20:1
300 votes

โ€œWine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.โ€

1 Timothy 3:8
200 votes

โ€œServants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;โ€

1 Timothy 5:23
169 votes

โ€œBe no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.โ€

Proverbs 23:21
123 votes

โ€œfor the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.โ€

Proverbs 23:20
117 votes

โ€œDon't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:โ€

Proverbs 23:32
75 votes

โ€œIn the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.โ€

Isaiah 5:11
74 votes

โ€œWoe 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!โ€

Proverbs 23:33
71 votes

โ€œYour eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.โ€

Proverbs 23:29
68 votes

โ€œWho has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?โ€

Proverbs 23:30
68 votes

โ€œThose who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.โ€

Proverbs 23:31
68 votes

โ€œDon't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.โ€

Proverbs 23:34
68 votes

โ€œYes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:โ€

Proverbs 23:35
68 votes

โ€œ"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."โ€

Isaiah 5:22
47 votes

โ€œWoe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;โ€

Psalms 104:14
36 votes

โ€œHe causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:โ€

Psalms 104:15
34 votes

โ€œwine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.โ€

Ecclesiastes 9:7
32 votes

โ€œGo your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.โ€

Leviticus 10:9
13 votes

โ€œ"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:โ€

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