Campus CrossWalk Magazine: 2006-07 Winter Issue -- Gems of Genius: Wisdom from Scripture on Addictions

Our Winter, 2006 theme is, "Free at Last: Tackling Tough Addictions."
Enjoy the related Scripture passages below.

“Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.” Proverbs20:1.
“The sluggard’s craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.” Proverb 21:25.
“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.” Proverbs 23:20-21.
“Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.” Proverbs 23:31-32..
“It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.” Proverbs 25:27..
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.” Proverbs 26:11..
“If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
If a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.”
Proverbs 26:27..
“Be on guard, that your hearts may not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day come on you suddenly like a trap.“ Jesus, Luke 21:34.
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jesus (John 4:13-14).
“Jesus answered them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.” John 8:34.
“For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.” The Apostle Paul, Romans 7:15.
“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again,, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’” The Apostle Paul, Romans 8:15.
“Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.“ The Apostle Paul, Romans 13:13-14.
“It was for freedom that Christ has set you free; therefore keep standing firm and do not subject yourself again to a yoke of slavery.” The Apostle Paul, Galatians 5:1.
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit.” The Apostle Paul, Ephesians 5:18.
"Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs" The Apostle Paul (1 Timothy 6:9-10, RSV).