Bible Verses About Drinking Wine
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for drinking wine, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 102,599 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Drinking Wine
1 Timothy 5:232,893 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Proverbs 20:12,689 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:182,490 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ecclesiastes 9:72,289 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Romans 14:212,211 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.
Psalms 104:14-151,923 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;
1 Timothy 3:81,879 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Galatians 5:19-211,800 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Isaiah 5:111,770 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!
Proverbs 31:61,719 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Luke 21:341,700 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.
Isaiah 5:221,676 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Proverbs 31:41,585 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 23:29-351,581 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Titus 2:31,564 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
1 Corinthians 6:121,531 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.
1 Peter 4:31,386 votes
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Proverbs 23:311,378 votes
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Isaiah 28:71,273 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.
Hosea 4:111,193 votes
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Proverbs 21:171,191 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Romans 13:131,174 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Numbers 6:31,168 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.
Revelation 1:11,155 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 Peter 5:81,144 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 drinking wine?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:23 on the subject of drinking wine. Across 102,599 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 20:1, Ephesians 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.