Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Evil Effects of Alcohol

What is one of the evil results of intemperance? BR-ASI9 478.1

“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.” Proverbs 23:20, 21. BR-ASI9 478.2

What are other evil effects of intemperance? BR-ASI9 478.3

“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.” Hosea 4:11. “They also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; . . . they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.” Isaiah 28:7. BR-ASI9 478.4

What are common accompaniments of intemperance? BR-ASI9 478.5

“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” Proverbs 23:29, 30. BR-ASI9 478.6

How do intoxicants serve one in the end? BR-ASI9 478.7

“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” Proverbs 23:31, 32. BR-ASI9 478.8