Bible Verses About Drinking Alcohol
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for drinking alcohol, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 24,220 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 Drinking Alcohol
Proverbs 20:11,154 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:181,096 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Timothy 5:23775 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Galatians 5:21718 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.
Proverbs 23:29-35661 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Isaiah 5:11552 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!
Romans 14:21546 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.
1 Peter 5:8544 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Isaiah 5:22507 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Galatians 5:19-21507 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Ecclesiastes 9:7506 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
1 Corinthians 6:10485 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 3:8467 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Proverbs 23:20-21383 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Leviticus 10:9376 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:
Psalms 104:14-15376 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;
Romans 13:13363 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Matthew 11:18-19305 votes
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Proverbs 23:31287 votes
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
1 Corinthians 6:12269 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.
Luke 21:34265 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.
Proverbs 21:17250 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Numbers 6:3246 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.
Judges 13:4244 votes
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
John 2:1-11244 votes
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
What does the Bible say about drinking alcohol?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 20:1 on the subject of drinking alcohol. Across 24,220 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, 1 Timothy 5:23, Galatians 5:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.