Bible Verses About Drugs and Alcohol
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for drugs and alcohol, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,754 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 Drugs and Alcohol
Ephesians 5:18342 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Corinthians 6:19-20294 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Galatians 5:21263 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 20:1261 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1 Peter 5:8221 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Proverbs 23:29-35166 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
1 Corinthians 3:16-17158 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Isaiah 5:11114 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!
Isaiah 28:7111 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.
2 Timothy 4:5105 votes
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
1 Corinthians 6:10104 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 3:17100 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Peter 4:794 votes
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Proverbs 21:1787 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs 31:487 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Luke 21:3479 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 5:2370 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Corinthians 6:1968 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Isaiah 5:2262 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Judges 13:461 votes
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Proverbs 23:20-2161 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Galatians 5:159 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:19-2158 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Romans 14:1-2350 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
1 Corinthians 10:1350 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
What does the Bible say about drugs and alcohol?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:18 on the subject of drugs and alcohol. Across 4,754 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Galatians 5:21, Proverbs 20:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.