Character & Virtues

Bible Verses About being sober

8 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about being sober? Browse 8 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: 1 Peter 5:8
King James (KJV)Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

8 Key Scriptures

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
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; to the end: Gr. perfectly
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; of good: or, modest
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. sober: or, vigilant
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly , according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. soberly: Gr. to sobriety

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