Bible Verses About Addiction - Finding Hope in Scripture
If you or a loved one is fighting against addiction, turning to the Bible can offer comfort and inspiration. Discover the words of hope and healing that can be found in the pages of Scripture. From verses about surrender and repentance to passages that offer strength and encouragement, the Bible offers powerful guidance to help overcome addiction. By grounding yourself in the wisdom of the Bible, you can face the challenges of addiction with greater resilience and conviction. Find solace in the stories of redemption and renewal found in the pages of the Bible, and take the first step towards recovery today.
Addiction in the Bible
11 Bible Scriptures about Addiction
1 Samuel, Chapter: 1, verse: 14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
Read the chapterPsalm, Chapter: 107, verse: 27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Read the chapterProverbs, Chapter: 23, verse: 2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 5, verse: 11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 5, verse: 22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Read the chapterIsaiah, Chapter: 51, verse: 21
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Read the chapterLamentations, Chapter: 3, verse: 15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Read the chapterHabakkuk, Chapter: 2, verse: 5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Read the chapter1 Corinthians, Chapter: 16, verse: 15
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
Read the chapter1 Thessalonians, Chapter: 5, verse: 7
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Read the chapter2 Peter, Chapter: 2, verse: 18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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