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The 19 most-voted verses about alcohol abuse, from 10 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18 (BSB)

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Ephesians 5:18 (WEB)

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8 (BSB)

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8 (WEB)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 (BSB)

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 (WEB)

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:10 (BSB)

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

1 Corinthians 6:10 (KJV)

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

1 Corinthians 6:10 (WEB)

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:11 (BSB)

¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!

Isaiah 5:11 (KJV)

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

Isaiah 5:11 (WEB)

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

Isaiah 5:22 (BSB)

Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Isaiah 5:22 (KJV)

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Isaiah 5:22 (WEB)

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 3:17 (BSB)

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

1 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV)

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

1 Corinthians 3:17 (WEB)

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21 (BSB)

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.

Galatians 5:21 (KJV)

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

Galatians 5:21 (WEB)

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Romans 13:13 (BSB)

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Romans 13:13 (KJV)

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Romans 13:13 (WEB)

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (BSB)

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

1 Corinthians 5:11 (WEB)

A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

Proverbs 11:17 (BSB)

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:17 (KJV)

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:17 (WEB)

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (BSB)

He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (KJV)

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (WEB)

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Isaiah 28:1 (BSB)

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 28:1 (KJV)

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Isaiah 28:1 (WEB)

These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

Isaiah 28:7 (BSB)

¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV)

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (WEB)

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Luke 21:34 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Luke 21:34 (WEB)

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

Romans 14:21 (BSB)

[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Romans 14:21 (KJV)

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

Romans 14:21 (WEB)

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

1 Timothy 3:8 (BSB)

Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Timothy 3:8 (KJV)

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

1 Timothy 3:8 (WEB)

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

1 Timothy 5:23 (BSB)

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23 (KJV)

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23 (WEB)

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Titus 2:3 (BSB)

The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Titus 2:3 (KJV)

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

Titus 2:3 (WEB)

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