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Bible Verses About Alcohol
These KJV Bible verses speak to alcohol. Find Scripture that meets you where you are.
What does the Bible say about alcohol?
The Bible addresses alcohol with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 20:1
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
— King James Version
Ephesians 5:18
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”
— King James Version
Genesis 9:21
“And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.”
— King James Version
Deuteronomy 29:6
“Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.”
— King James Version
1 Samuel 1:14
“And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.”
— King James Version
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1 Samuel 1:15
“And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.”
Song of Solomon 5:1
“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink ab...”
Isaiah 28:1
“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!”
Isaiah 29:9
“Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.”
Isaiah 49:26
“And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeeme...”
Isaiah 51:21
“Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:”
Jeremiah 23:9
“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holine...”
Jeremiah 51:7
“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”
Daniel 5:23
“But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and ...”
Joel 1:5
“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”
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John 2:10 — “And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drun...”
1 Peter 4:3 — “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walke...”
Revelation 17:2 — “With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have b...”
Revelation 18:3 — “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth h...”
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