Sin & Temptation
Bible Verses About drinking and smoking
20 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about drinking and smoking? Browse 20 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 20:1 |
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| King James (KJV) | “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” |
20 Key Scriptures
“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;”
“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?”
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. defile: or, destroy”
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.”
“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.”
“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. expedient: or, profitable”
“Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Romans 12:2KJV
“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:”
Isaiah 5:22KJV
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
1 John 2:15KJV
“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
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”
John 15:1KJV
“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”
Isaiah 5:11KJV
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
“But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.”
Isaiah 28:7KJV
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
1 Peter 5:8KJV
“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.”
Romans 12:1KJV
“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!”
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