alcoholism
What does the Bible say about alcoholism? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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1It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.
18And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
11Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, 20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
34But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.
23Do not continue to drink only water, but make use of a little wine, for the sake of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.
29Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes? 30Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups? 31Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly, 32but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes. 33Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities. 34And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.
22Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!
21It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.