Quotes About Drunkenness

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraimís drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ëI am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on Davidís throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.

“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ëDrink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.í

“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.

You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ëMy master will be a long time in coming,í and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

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

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.