Bible Verses About Drinking in Moderation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for drinking in moderation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 390 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 in Moderation
Proverbs 20:145 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:1841 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Timothy 5:2334 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Timothy 3:826 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Peter 5:820 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Romans 14:2119 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.
Galatians 5:2119 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 23:29-3518 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Ecclesiastes 9:718 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
1 Timothy 3:317 votes
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Psalms 104:14-1516 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;
Isaiah 55:115 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.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1014 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,
Luke 1:1512 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.
Genesis 27:2811 votes
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Proverbs 21:1711 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Isaiah 5:1111 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!
John 2:1-2511 votes
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
Romans 13:1311 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 Corinthians 10:3111 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Luke 21:3410 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.
What does the Bible say about drinking in moderation?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 20:1 on the subject of drinking in moderation. Across 390 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, 1 Timothy 5:23, 1 Timothy 3:8. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.