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What Does the Bible Say About Drug Abuse?

Here are 13 Bible verses about drug abuse, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Corinthians 6:19-20

    What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

    BSBDo 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.

  2. #21 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.

  3. #3Proverbs 20:1

    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

    BSBWine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  4. #41 Corinthians 10:13

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

    BSBNo temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

  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. #6Galatians 5:19-21

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

    BSBThe acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 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.

  7. #7Isaiah 5:11

    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

    BSBWoe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

  8. #81 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

    BSBDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

  9. #91 Corinthians 3:17

    If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

    BSBIf anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  10. #10Galatians 5:21

    Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

    BSBand 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.

  11. #11Hebrews 10:26

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

    BSBIf we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

  12. #121 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.

  13. #13Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

    BSBAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

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