48 Bible Verses About Addiction

Humans face many difficulties in life where they get addicted to something very badly. A human feels it like a war that he has to continuously fight to win. Sometimes people overcome it but some face very difficulty to drive himself out of this hard situation. 

To avoid addiction there is also much spiritual medicine i:e many bible verses about addiction tells us how severe the addiction could be. So, to remain prevent from addiction or to cure himself a person should learn and implement the teaching of the holy bible.

Here I have  mentioned some of bible verses about addiction and by reading them you can become much familiar with it, its impacts on life (worldly and spiritually) and can learn how we can overcome it.

Healing And Renewal From Addiction

I am going to tell you some Bible verses about addiction which will advise us how we can heal ourselves from  addiction , become a new good person and will become ready to enjoy the holy spiritual life. 

Basically, if a person starts to know about his faults and repent from God then God forgives him and gives him the best and most beautiful eternal life. 

Advises of Bible Verses About Addiction

To overcome difficulties and our desires some bible verses advise us to practice something i will tell you. It advises us to always control our body actions, mind and spirit to attract something worldly. 

As a human being I can say it confidently that if we start to wish for worldly things like money, pride, good looks, superiority and other things then we start to do awful things and it leads us to addiction. 

We start to walk on a path that is very dangerous and it ends up in hell. So, it’s an important thing to remain boycotted from worldly desires. If we do so then we can remain safe from  destruction. 

Controlling From Desires And Addiction

Now it’s time to reveal the secret of how we can avoid addiction. So the answer is that we can remain safe from addiction if we control ourselves from practicing or wishing worldly desires.

I know! You are thinking about how we can control ourselves? Let me explain you in details:

First of all we should become good people. The traits of good people are that they are religious, polite, humble, loving, respectful and compassionate. 

To achieve these characteristics we have to learn the Bible, commands of God that he conveyed us through different prophets and Jesus. 

As a human, it is natural thing that we need food, physical relations with the opposite gender, money, love, respect, peace and many other things. But to achieve these things people start to do unethical and wrong doings. 

God has given us a proper way to fulfil our needs but if we try to get it the wrong way then it will be very dangerous for us.

Let me give you some practical example regarding addiction:

As we need money to survive, buy food, clothes and some happiness. To get money we have to work hard. If we do some hard work then we will definitely get money. Right? 

But what if we want to get money without hard work? We start to do unethical things like robbery, stealing or grasping others’ land or money unlawfully.  

This practice will push us into a world of addiction and we start to get money in the wrong ways. Now earning money is not bad but getting it the wrong way is dangerous.

Let me explain one more but very effective example:

As a human a man wants to fulfill his physical needs to get peace. He can get it by marrying a girl. But if he started to fulfill his desires and getting peace from a girl that is a stranger? This action will destroy spiritual life and society. 

It will be adultery and a very sinful act. So, any wrongdoings  can push us towards addiction and with our life we can destroy a society.

The Holy Scriptures has may verses about addiction told by Moses, James, Peter, Solomon, David and many others Biblical personalities.

48 Bible Verses About Addiction

Psalm 9:9:

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalms 50:15:

And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Psalms 95:8:

“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,”

Proverbs 20:1:

“Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”

Proverbs 25:28:

“Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.”

Matthew 6:13:

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

Matthew 26:41:

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

John 2:16:

“To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”

John 3:16-17:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

John 8:36:

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

Romans 5:3-5:

“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

Romans 8:1-2:

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”

Galatians 5:16-17:

“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.”

2 Corinthians 3:17:

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

Romans 12:2:

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

1 Corinthians 9:27:

No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Romans 12: 1-2:

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Romans 13:12:

“The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

Romans 13:14:

“Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-11:

“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

1 Corinthians 6:12:

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.”

1 Corinthians 10:13-14:

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 15:33:

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Galatians 5:1:

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

Ephesians 5:18:

“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,”

Ephesians 5:15:

“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,”

Philippians 4:13:

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

Galatians 5:22-23:

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

Psalm 50:15:

“And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Isaiah 41:10:

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

1 Peter 5:7:

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

Matthew 11:28-30:

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

2 Corinthians 5:17:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

Psalm 147:3:

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

1 John 1:9:

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

Romans 8:5-6:

“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.”

Isaiah 44:22:

“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

2 Timothy 1:7:

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”

Titus 2:12:

“It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,”

Hebrews 4:15-16:

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

James 1:2-3:

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

James 1:12-15:

“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”

 James 4:7:

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

1 Peter 2:11:

“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.”

1 Peter 5:8:

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

1 Peter 5:10:

“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”

2 Peter 2:19:

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”

Romans 6:12-14:

“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.”

Conclusion

By reading all the stuff I have mentioned above I can collectively convey a short message about how we can remain safe from addiction. So by reading these bible verses about addiction we come to know that addiction is very dangerous and an act which can destroy us worldly and spiritually. To avoid it we should control ourselves and never wish to get worldly desires out of the limit. To become righteous instead of addictive we should act upon the teachings and advice of Jesus and God.

FAQs