Bible Verses About Strong Drink
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for strong drink, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,821 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 Strong Drink
Proverbs 20:1113 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:1886 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 23:29-3572 votes
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Romans 14:2171 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 Timothy 5:2366 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Deuteronomy 14:2662 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,
Galatians 5:2160 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 31:6-759 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Isaiah 28:759 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.
Proverbs 31:4-754 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Isaiah 5:2250 votes
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
1 Timothy 3:849 votes
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Corinthians 6:9-1043 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,
Isaiah 5:1138 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!
Habakkuk 2:1537 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 Corinthians 8:933 votes
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Galatians 5:1332 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
1 Corinthians 6:1030 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:18-2029 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Corinthians 5:1128 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.
Proverbs 31:427 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Leviticus 10:8-1026 votes
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
Proverbs 31:4-526 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Isaiah 24:926 votes
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Galatians 5:19-2126 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
What does the Bible say about strong drink?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 20:1 on the subject of strong drink. Across 1,821 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, Proverbs 23:29-35, Romans 14:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.