Bible Verses About Addiction
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for addiction, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 19,895 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Addiction
1 Corinthians 10:131,721 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Peter 5:8942 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
James 1:12-15743 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 John 2:16692 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 Corinthians 6:12688 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
James 4:7674 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Corinthians 15:33618 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Peter 5:10606 votes
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Galatians 5:19-21496 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Peter 2:11457 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Proverbs 20:1456 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
John 8:36444 votes
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Matthew 6:13437 votes
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Romans 13:14379 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Romans 5:3-5351 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Titus 2:11-12334 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Galatians 5:16322 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
2 Peter 2:19-3:12311 votes
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Proverbs 6:27301 votes
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Psalms 50:15-51:13265 votes
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Galatians 5:1259 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
1 Corinthians 6:1-8:13212 votes
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Hebrews 4:15-16206 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
John 8:34169 votes
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
1 John 3:6-5:18168 votes
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
What does the Bible say about addiction?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of addiction. Across 19,895 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:8, James 1:12-15, 1 John 2:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.