Bible Verses About Alcohol and Drugs
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for alcohol and drugs, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 239 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Alcohol and Drugs
1 Corinthians 6:19-2041 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Proverbs 20:131 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:1827 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Galatians 5:2123 votes
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.
Isaiah 5:1116 votes
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 28:715 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 6:1915 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:1013 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-2113 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Proverbs 23:29-3512 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 31:412 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 31:611 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
1 Peter 5:810 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
What does the Bible say about alcohol and drugs?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of alcohol and drugs. Across 239 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 20:1, Ephesians 5:18, Galatians 5:21. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.