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Bible Verses About Drinking and Smoking
Find Bible verses about drinking and smoking — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about drinking and smoking?
The Bible addresses drinking and smoking 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
Matthew 12:20
“He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.”
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Luke 7:34
“The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'”
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Genesis 15:17
“It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.”
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Luke 7:33
“For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'”
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Proverbs 23:20
“Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:”
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Proverbs 26:6
“One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.”
Matthew 24:38
“For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,”
1 Kings 4:20
“Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.”
Exodus 20:18
“All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.”
Matthew 11:18
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'”
2 Chronicles 9:20
“All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.”
1 Kings 16:9
“His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:”
Job 1:13
“It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,”
Job 1:18
“While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,”
1 Chronicles 12:39
“They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.”
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