1) Genesis 9:20-26 - Noah became drunk; the result
was immorality and family trouble.
2) Genesis 19:30-38 - Lot was so drunk he did notknow what he was doing; this led to immorality
3) Leviticus 10:9-11 - God commanded priests not todrink so that they could tell the difference betweenthe holy and the unholy.
4) Numbers 6:3 - The Nazarites were told to eat ordrink nothing from the grape vine.5) Deuteronomy 21:20 - A drunken son was stubbornand rebellious.
6) Deuteronomy 29:5-6 - God gave no grape juice toIsrael nor did they have intoxicating drink in thewilderness.
7) Deuteronomy 32:33 - Intoxicating wine is like thepoison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
8) Judges 13:4, 7, 14 - Samson was to be a Nazaritefor life. His mother was told not to drink wine orstrong drink.
9) 1 Samuel 1:14-15 - Accused, Hannah said shedrank no wine.
10) 1 Samuel 25:32-38 - Nabal died after a drunkenspree.
11) 2 Samuel 11:13 - By getting Uriah drunk, Davidhoped to cover his sin.
12) 2 Samuel 13:28-29 - Amnon was drunk when hewas killed.
13) 1 Kings 16:8-10 - The king was drinking himselfinto drunkenness when he was assassinated
14) 1 Kings 20:12-21 - Ben-Hadad and 32 other kingswere drinking when they were attacked and defeatedby the Israelites.
15) Esther 1:5-12 - The king gave each one all thedrink he wanted. The king was intoxicated when hecommanded the queen to come.
16) Psalm 75:8 - The Lord’s anger is pictured asmixed wine poured out and drunk by the wicked.17) Proverbs 4:17 - Alcoholic drink is called the wineof violence.
18) Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink israging.
19) Proverbs 23:19-20 - A wise person will not beamong the drinkers of alcoholic beverages.
20) Proverbs 23:21 - Drunkenness causes poverty.
21) Proverbs 23:29-30 - Drinking causes woe, sorrow,fighting, babbling, wounds without cause and redeyes.
22) Proverbs 23:31 - God instructs not to look atintoxicating drinks.
23) Proverbs 23:32 - Alcoholic drinks bite like aserpent, sting like an adder.
24) Proverbs 23:33 - Alcohol causes the drinker tohave strange and adulterous thoughts, produceswillfulness, and prevents reformation.
25) Proverbs 23:34 - Alcohol makes the drinkerunstable
26) Proverbs 23:35 - Alcohol makes the drinkerinsensitive to pain so he does not perceive it as awarning. Alcohol is habit forming.
27) Proverb 31:4-5 - Kings, Princes, and others whorule and judge must not drink alcohol. Alcoholperverts good judgement.
28) Proverbs 31:6-7 - Strong drink could be given tothose about to perish or those in pain. Betteranaesthetics are available today.
29) Ecclesiastes 2:3 - The king tried everything,including intoxicating drink, to see if it satisfied. Itdid not. (Ecclesiastes 12:8)
30) Ecclesiastes 10:17 - A land is blessed when itsleaders do not drink.
31) Isaiah 5:11-12 - Woe to those who get up early todrink and stay up late at night to get drunk.
32) Isaiah 5:22 - Woe to "champion" drinkers and"experts" at mixing drinks.
33) Isaiah 19:14 - Drunken men stagger in theirvomit.
34) Isaiah 22:12-13 - The Israelites choose to drink;their future looks hopeless to them.
35) Isaiah 24:9 - Drinkers cannot escape theconsequences when God judges.
36) Isaiah 28:1 - God pronounces woe on thedrunkards of Ephraim.
37) Isaiah 28:3 - Proud drunkards shall be troddendown.
38) Isaiah 28:7 - Priests and prophets stagger and
reel from beer and wine, err in vision, and stumblein judgment.
39) Isaiah 28:8 - Drinkers’ tables are covered withvomit and filth.
40) Isaiah 56:9-12 - Drinkers seek their own gain andexpect tomorrow to be just like today.
41) Jeremiah 35:2-14 - The Rechabites drank nogrape juice or intoxicating wine and were blessed.
42) Ezekiel 44:21 - Again God instructed the priestsnot to drink wine.
43) Daniel 1:5-17 - Daniel refused the king’sintoxicating wine and was blessed for it along with hisabstaining friends.
44) Daniel 5:1 - Belshazzar, ruler of Babylon; led hispeople in drinking.
45) Daniel 5:2-3 - The king, along with his nobles,wives, and concubines, drank from the goblets whichhad been taken from God’s temple.
46) Daniel 5:4 - Drinking wine was combined withpraising false gods.
47) Daniel 5:23 - God sent word to Belshazzar thatpunishment would be swift for the evil he hadcommitted.
48) Hosea 4:11 - Intoxicating wine takes awayintelligence.
49) Hosea 7:5 - God reproves princes for drinking.50) Joel 1:5 - Drunkards awake to see God’sjudgment.
51) Joel 3:3 - The enemy is judged for selling girls forwine.
52) Amos 2:8 - Unrighteous acts of Israel includedthe drinking of wine which had been taken for thepayment of fines.
53) Amos 2:12 - Israel is condemned for forcingNazarites to drink wine.
54) Micah 2:11 - Israelites are eager to follow falseteachers who prophesy plenty of intoxicating drinks.
55) Nahum 1:10 - The drunkards of Nineveh will bedestroyed by God.
56) Habakkuk 2:5 - A man is betrayed by wine.
57) Habakkuk 2:15 - Woe to him that gives hisneighbor drink.
58) Habakkuk 2:16 - Drinking leads to shame.
59) Matthew 24:48-51 - A drinking servant isunprepared for his Lord’s return.
60) Luke 1:15 - John the Baptist drank neither grapejuice nor wine.61) Luke 12:45 - Christ warned aga
inst drunkenness.62) Luke 21:34 - Drunkenness will cause a person notto be ready for the Lord’s return.
63) Romans 13:13 - Do not walk in drunkenness orimmorality.
64) Romans 14:21 - Do not do anything that will hurtyour testimony as a believer.
65) 1 Corinthians 5:11 - If a Christian brother is adrinker, do not associate with him.
66) 1 Corinthians 6:10 - Drunkards will not inherit thekingdom of God
67) Galatians 5:21 - Acts of the sinful nature, such asdrunkenness, will prohibit a person from inheritingthe kingdom of God.
68) Ephesians 5:18 - In contrast to being drunk withwine, the believer is to be filled with the Spirit.
69) 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 - Christians are to be alertand self-controlled, belonging to the day. Drunkardsbelong to the night and darkness.
70) 1 Timothy 3:2-3 - Bishops (elders) are to betemperate, sober, and not near any wine.
71) 1 Timothy 3:8 - Deacons are to be worthy ofrespect and not drinkers.
72) 1 Timothy 3:11 - Deacons’ wives are to be temperate and sober.
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