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Does the Bible say drunkenness is a sin?

Yes.  The Bible clearly warns against Drunkenness.  Drinking is not a sin, but being drunk is.

God’s word says we need to be sober, as it is not wise to be drunk and can lead to debauchery.  In an even more direct statement, Paul declares on multiple occasions that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God.  Here are some examples of scriptural warnings against drunkenness:

Ephesians 5:17-19 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.

Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:10 Nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 23:20-21 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

1 Thessalonians 5:6-10 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

1 Timothy 3:2-3 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

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Wise Beer Quotes

  • Others drink to forget. Christians drink to remember.

    Anonymous
  • Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

    Benjamin Franklin
  • He makes…wine that gladdens human hearts.

    Psalm 104:15
  • If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.

    David Daye
  • God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as He loves vegetation

    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Beer is made by man, wine by God.

    Martin Luther
  • God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

    Anne Sexton
  • The selling of bad beer is a crime against Christian love.

    Martin Luther
  • If you are tired and downhearted, take a drink; but this does not mean being a pig and doing nothing but gorging and swilling… You should be moderate and sober; this means that we
    should not be drunken, though we may be exhilarated. [Sermon on Soberness and Moderation]

    Martin Luther
  • He was a wise man who invented beer

    Plato
  • Don’t drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often.

    1 Timothy 5:23
  • Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

    Ecclesiastes 9:7

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