Bible Verses about “drinking in moderation”
The Bible contains 19 verses about drinking in moderation across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
“Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”
“It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.”
“Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”
“not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;”
“Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”
“Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.”
“In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.”
“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."”
“He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:”
“wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.”
“Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.”
“"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”