17 Bible Verses about Alcoholics

Wine is a scorner -- strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat;

and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, 'Drink ye of it -- all;

Woe to the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

and its libation, a fourth of the hin for the one lamb; in the sanctuary cause thou a libation of strong drink to be poured out to Jehovah.

-- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --

Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!