Scripture warns against the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption, as seen in Proverbs 20:1, which cautions that wine can lead to foolish behavior. The apostle Paul advises believers to not be drunk with wine, but instead to be filled with the Holy Spirit, in Ephesians 5:18. Galatians 5:21 and Isaiah 5:22 also condemn drunkenness as a sinful behavior. Additionally, 1 Peter 5:8 reminds believers to be sober and vigilant, suggesting that a clear mind is essential for spiritual awareness and discernment, and that social drinking can be a potential hindrance to this state.
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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.
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.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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!
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?”
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.
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.
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.
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
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.
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.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
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.
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.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.