Sin & Temptation

Bible Verses About alcohol

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Discover 14 powerful Bible verses about alcohol. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential sin & temptation topic.

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TranslationKey Verse: Ephesians 5:18
King James (KJV)And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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.
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,
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! inflame: of, pursue
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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;
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,
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. honestly: or, decently

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