54+Bible Verses About Being Sober [KJV Scripture]

“Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch be sober”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:6

“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, watch unto prayer”

— 1 Peter 4:7

“Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit”

— Ephesians 5:18

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach”

— 1 Timothy 3:2

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”

— 1 Peter 5:8

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith”

— Romans 12:3

“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience”

— Titus 2:2

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise”

— Proverbs 20:1

“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, 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”

— Galatians 5:21

“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”

— 1 Peter 1:13

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them”

— Isaiah 5:11

“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith love; for an helmet, the hope of salvation”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:8

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh”

— Matthew 25:13

“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate”

— Titus 1:8

“Seek the Lord his strength, seek his face continually”

— 1 Chronicles 16:11

“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong”

— 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time”

— Revelation 12:12

“For the word of God is quick, powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul spirit, of the joints marrow, is a discerner of the thoughts intents of the heart”

— Hebrews 4:12

“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, abominable idolatries”

— 1 Peter 4:3

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children”

— Titus 2:4

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”

— 2 Timothy 2:15

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

— Philippians 4:13

“The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire brimstone, where the beast the false prophet are, shall be tormented day night for ever ever”

— Revelation 20:10

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth”

— John 17:17

“Now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, cast into the fire”

— Matthew 3:10

“Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins”

— 1 Peter 4:8

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith verity”

— 1 Timothy 2:7

“Continue in prayer, watch in the same with thanksgiving”

— Colossians 4:2

“Heal me, O Lord , I shall be healed; save me, I shall be saved: for thou art my praise”

— Jeremiah 17:14

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array”

— 1 Timothy 2:9

“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous”

— 1 Timothy 3:3

“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright”

— Proverbs 23:31

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”

— John 3:16

“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting drunkenness, not in chambering wantonness, not in strife envying”

— Romans 13:13

“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”

— James 5:16

“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work”

— Titus 3:1

“The Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? Satan answered the Lord , said, From going to fro in the earth, from walking up down in it”

— Job 2:2

“It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak”

— Romans 14:21

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, he will flee from you”

— James 4:7

“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world”

— 1 Peter 5:9

“Whoredom wine new wine take away the heart”

— Hosea 4:11

“Watch pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”

— Matthew 26:41

“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven”

— Matthew 19:14

“Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God”

— 1 Corinthians 6:10

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”

— Psalm 119:11

“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak”

— 1 Corinthians 8:9

“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded”

— Titus 2:6

“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat”

— 1 Corinthians 5:11

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him”

— James 1:12

“But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry”

— 2 Timothy 4:5

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, I will give thee a crown of life”

— Revelation 2:10

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, godly, in this present world”

— Titus 2:12

“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things”

— 1 Timothy 3:11

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you”

— 1 Peter 5:7

“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”

— 1 Corinthians 10:13