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The 18 most-voted verses about social drinking, from 12 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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)

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)

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)

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)

Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

Habakkuk 2:15 (BSB)

¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

Habakkuk 2:15 (KJV)

“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

Habakkuk 2:15 (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)

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2 (BSB)

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2 (WEB)

Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

Deuteronomy 14:26 (BSB)

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

Deuteronomy 14:26 (KJV)

You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

Deuteronomy 14:26 (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)

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)

not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

1 Timothy 3:3 (BSB)

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

1 Timothy 3:3 (KJV)

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

1 Timothy 3:3 (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)

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33 (BSB)

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33 (KJV)

But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33 (WEB)

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

Matthew 15:11 (BSB)

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:11 (KJV)

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Matthew 15:11 (WEB)

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (BSB)

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (WEB)

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1 (BSB)

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:1 (KJV)

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:1 (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)

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

1 Peter 4:3 (BSB)

For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

1 Peter 4:3 (KJV)

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

1 Peter 4:3 (WEB)

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