Scripture warns against the dangers of excessive drinking, with Proverbs 20:1 cautioning that wine and beer can lead to foolish behavior. The prophet Isaiah condemned those who rise early to drink beer and stay up late at night to get drunk, as seen in Isaiah 5:11 and 28:7. In the New Testament, Ephesians 5:18 encourages believers to be filled with the Spirit rather than intoxicated with wine. Additionally, 1 Timothy 5:23 allows for the use of wine for medicinal purposes, highlighting a balanced approach to drinking.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
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.
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.