Bible Verses About Alcoholism
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for alcoholism, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,150 votes, led by Proverbs 20:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Alcoholism
Proverbs 20:1145 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:18135 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Isaiah 5:1198 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!
Galatians 5:19-2181 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Galatians 5:2180 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.
Luke 21:3471 votes
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
1 Timothy 5:2371 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Proverbs 23:29-3566 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Isaiah 5:2266 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Romans 14:2154 votes
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Romans 13:1352 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
1 Timothy 3:852 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
James 4:751 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Corinthians 6:1048 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 28:743 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 6:9-1143 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Psalms 104:14-1542 votes
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Luke 1:1542 votes
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
Numbers 6:340 votes
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Ecclesiastes 9:740 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Hosea 4:1140 votes
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Proverbs 23:2038 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
1 Corinthians 6:1238 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.
Isaiah 55:136 votes
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Leviticus 10:935 votes
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
What does the Bible say about alcoholism?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 20:1 on the subject of alcoholism. Across 3,150 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Galatians 5:19-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.