The Bible warns against the dangers of excessive drinking, which can lead to a range of negative consequences. In Proverbs 23:29-35, the destructive effects of intoxication are vividly described, while Proverbs 20:1 cautions that wine can be a deceiver. The apostle Paul teaches that believers should not be controlled by wine, but instead be filled with the Holy Spirit, as stated in Ephesians 5:18. Additionally, 1 Corinthians 6:10 and 1 Peter 5:8 remind us that drunkenness and related behaviors are not fitting for those who follow Christ, and that we must be alert and self-controlled to resist the devil's schemes.
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
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.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
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.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
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.
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
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.
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.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.