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What Does the Bible Say About Being Sober?

Here are 8 Bible verses about being sober, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

    BSBBe sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  2. #21 Peter 4:7

    But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

    BSBThe end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

  3. #31 Thessalonians 5:6

    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

    BSBSo then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

  4. #41 Peter 1:13

    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

    BSBTherefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

  5. #5Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

    BSBDo not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

  6. #61 Timothy 3:2

    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

    BSBAn overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

  7. #7Titus 2:2

    That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

    BSBOlder men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

  8. #8Romans 12:3

    For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

    BSBFor by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

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