78 Bible Verses about Drinking
Want to know what the Bible says about Drinking? Here are 78 Bible verses about Drinking from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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2 Samuel 13:28-29 NIV
28 Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave. ” 29 So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
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1 Kings 16:8-10 NIV
8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
9 Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the palace administrator at Tirzah. 10 Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.
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Joel 3:3 NIV
They cast lots for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine to drink.
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine to drink.
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Isaiah 5:11-12 NIV
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
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Habakkuk 2:16 NIV
You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed !
The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed !
The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
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Deuteronomy 7:13 NIV
He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil —the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
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Isaiah 28:1 NIV
Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley —
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley —
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
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Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Joel 1:5 NIV
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine;
wail because of the new wine,
for it has been snatched from your lips.
Wail, all you drinkers of wine;
wail because of the new wine,
for it has been snatched from your lips.
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