Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 21:17 ... He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs
23:20, 21 (NIV) Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge
themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor....
Isaiah 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!
Proverbs 23:29,
30 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who
hath babblings? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? they
that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Luke 21:34 (NIV) Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with
dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on
you unexpectedly like a trap.
Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness....
1 Corinthians 6:9, 10 (NIV) Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters
nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the
greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of
God.
Galatians 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.
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be
filled with the Spirit....
2 Corinthians
5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Romans 12:1, 2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice ... and be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free
indeed.