Scripture passages about wine, alcohol, drunkenness, and a sober lifestyle.
11 Scripture Passages · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 23:29–35
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has grief? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who linger long over wine, those who come to search out mixed wine. 31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly: 32 in the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder; 33 your eyes will look at strange women, and your heart will speak perverse things, 34 and you will be like one sleeping in the midst of the sea and like one sleeping at the top of a mast. 35 [And you will say:] “They struck me, but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will seek it again.”
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to debauchery; instead, be filled with the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:6–8
6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we are children of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation,
Romans 13:13
Let us behave properly, as in the daytime, not indulging in wild parties and drunkenness, sexual immorality and debauchery, dissension and jealousy;
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19–21
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
John 2:1–11
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, used according to the custom of Jewish purification, each holding from two to three measures. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then He told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so. 9 The master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where the wine came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” 11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
1 Timothy 5:23
Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
Deuteronomy 21:20
They will say to the elders of his town, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard”;
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who seek strong drink from early morning and inflame themselves with wine until late in the evening;
