Addiction

Addiction is not named in the Bible. This page lists the verses that speak to drunkenness, being mastered by something, self-control, the body as a temple, and freedom.

Drunkenness

• Ephesians 5:18
  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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• Proverbs 20:1
  Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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• Proverbs 23:29-32
  ²⁹Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? ³⁰They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. ³¹Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. ³²At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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• Romans 13:13
  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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Not mastered by anything

• 1 Corinthians 6:12
  All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
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• 2 Peter 2:19
  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
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• John 8:34
  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
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• Romans 6:12
  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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• Romans 6:16
  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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Self-control

• Galatians 5:22-23
  ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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• 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
  ²⁵And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. ²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: ²⁷But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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• Titus 2:11-12
  ¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, ¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
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• Proverbs 25:28
  He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
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The body as a temple

• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
  ¹⁹What? 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? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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Freedom and help

• John 8:36
  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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• Galatians 5:1
  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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• 1 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.
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• 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.
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See also

• Alcohol
• Self-control
• Temptation

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.