What does the Bible say about alcoholic beverages?

11 verses about alcoholic beverages, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about alcoholic beverages

1. Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 5 votes
2. Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 4 votes
3. Romans 13:13 — Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 3 votes
4. 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. 3 votes
5. 1 Timothy 5:23 — Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 3 votes
6. Leviticus 10:9 — Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 2 votes
7. 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? 2 votes
8. Luke 21:34 — 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. 2 votes
9. John 2:1 — And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 votes
10. 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
11. 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), Leviticus (1), Luke (1), John (1), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)

Related topics

• Alcohol Consumption
• Drinking
• Alcohol Abuse
• Drunk
• Alcohol
• Drinking Beer
• Drinking Alcohol
• Underage Drinking
• Drinking In Moderation
• Doing Drugs
• Alcohol And Drugs
• The Drunken

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.