Bible Verses About Drinking Alcohol

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

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.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

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.

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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:

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;

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup , when it moveth itself aright.

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.

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.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

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!

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.