Scripture offers guidance on the consumption of intoxicating beverages, cautioning against excess and drunkenness. In Proverbs, it is written that wine deceives, leading to foolish behavior, while Ephesians warns against being controlled by wine, instead urging believers to be filled with the Spirit. The wisdom literature of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs also notes the potential for alcohol to bring temporary joy, but ultimately leads to regret. Additionally, Galatians and Isaiah condemn the sins of drunkenness and overindulgence, emphasizing the importance of self-control and moderation in all aspects of life.
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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.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
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.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
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?”
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
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!
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 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.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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.
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.