Top 20 Bible Verses About Addiction

Last Updated: 08 January 2020

This is a collection of the most important Bible verses about addiction.

These verses pinpoint the followings:
– Bible warns to stay away from certain things;
– Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit;
– Encouragement to overcome.

May they inspire and help you on your journey with Christ.

Ephesians 5:18

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Galatians 5:1

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.

James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Romans 5:3-5

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

John 8:36

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:10

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

James 1:12

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.