Bible Verses About Social Drinking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for social drinking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 491 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 Social Drinking
Proverbs 20:176 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:1851 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Galatians 5:2143 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.
Isaiah 5:2237 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Habakkuk 2:1533 votes
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
1 Peter 5:833 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Proverbs 23:29-3530 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Romans 12:224 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 Corinthians 5:1119 votes
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Deuteronomy 14:2618 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,
1 Timothy 3:315 votes
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Luke 21:3414 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.
Matthew 15:1112 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
1 Corinthians 8:912 votes
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Galatians 5:112 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
1 Peter 4:312 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 31:4-710 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Isaiah 5:1110 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!
Matthew 6:3310 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2010 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?
1 Timothy 3:810 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
What does the Bible say about social drinking?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 20:1 on the subject of social drinking. Across 491 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, Galatians 5:21, Isaiah 5:22. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.