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What does the Bible say about alcohol consumption?
11 verses about alcohol consumption, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about alcohol consumption
- Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 7 votes
- Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 4 votes
- Proverbs 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 3 votes
- Romans 14:21 — 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. 3 votes
- 1 Timothy 5:23 — Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 2 votes
- Galatians 5:21 — 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. 2 votes
- Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 2 votes
- Titus 2:3 — The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 2 votes
- 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 2 votes
Where these verses are
Proverbs (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Titus (2), Romans (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)
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- Strong Drink
Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.