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Bible Verses About drinking
15 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about drinking? Browse 15 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Ephesians 5:18 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;” |
15 Key Scriptures
“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.”
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
1 Peter 5:8KJV
“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.”
“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?”
“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”
Romans 13:13KJV
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.”
“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. of: Heb. bitter of soul”
“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.”
Romans 14:21KJV
“Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”
1 Peter 4:3KJV
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; holiness: or, holy women false: or, one who foments strife”
Titus 2:3KJV
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”
“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.”
Luke 21:34KJV
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