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Bible Verses About Substance Abuse
Find Bible verses about substance abuse — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about substance abuse?
The Bible addresses substance abuse 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
Hebrews 1:3
“His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
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Deuteronomy 33:11
“Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."”
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Jeremiah 17:3
“My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a spoil, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.”
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John 19:3
“They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.”
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1 Corinthians 11:20
“When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.”
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Matthew 24:49
“and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,”
Job 15:29
“He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.”
Mark 15:19
“They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.”
2 Corinthians 11:20
“For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.”
Matthew 26:67
“Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,”
2 Chronicles 21:17
“and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, exce...”
Daniel 11:28
“Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and return to his own land.”
Genesis 13:6
“The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.”
Ezra 10:8
“and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.”
Genesis 36:7
“For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock.”
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