Bible Verses About Substance Abuse
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for substance abuse, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 30,078 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Substance Abuse
1 Corinthians 10:13728 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.
Proverbs 20:1717 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1 Corinthians 15:33655 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Ephesians 5:18652 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Peter 5:8644 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Isaiah 5:11542 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!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11535 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,
Matthew 6:13527 votes
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Galatians 5:21467 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 Corinthians 5:11466 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.
1 Peter 4:7461 votes
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20459 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 Corinthians 6:12456 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 John 2:16441 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Galatians 5:19-21435 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Peter 1:13432 votes
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
James 4:7427 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
John 8:36420 votes
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
1 Corinthians 6:10413 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 5:10405 votes
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Matthew 11:28-30392 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Romans 12:1361 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Matthew 26:41350 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Philippians 4:13344 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Romans 13:13343 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
What does the Bible say about substance abuse?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of substance abuse. Across 30,078 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 20:1, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Ephesians 5:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.