Being Sober

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

…and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.