Bible Verses About Drinking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for drinking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,541 votes, led by Ephesians 5:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Drinking
Ephesians 5:18198 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 20:1173 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1 Peter 5:8135 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Galatians 5:21129 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.
1 Timothy 5:23126 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Proverbs 23:29-3593 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Romans 13:13-1491 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 11:18-1987 votes
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Proverbs 31:6-779 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Romans 14:2175 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 Corinthians 6:1071 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 4:352 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:
Titus 2:350 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;
Hebrews 10:2648 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Luke 21:3447 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.
Romans 13:1345 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Isaiah 5:2237 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Deuteronomy 14:2634 votes
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
James 4:1734 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Proverbs 23:3133 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 Timothy 3:831 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Psalms 104:14-1530 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;
Ecclesiastes 9:730 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Proverbs 31:4-528 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Leviticus 10:927 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 drinking?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:18 on the subject of drinking. Across 2,541 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 20:1, 1 Peter 5:8, Galatians 5:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.