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Bible Verses About underage drinking

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What does the Bible say about underage drinking? Browse 20 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Proverbs 20:1
King James (KJV)Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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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;
Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh: of flesh: Heb. of their flesh
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
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:
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.
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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
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?
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?
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.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
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
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.
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. sober: or, vigilant

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