Here are 5 Bible verses about sobriety from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 KJV
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Timothy 3:3 KJV
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Titus 2:2 KJV
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Titus 2:12 KJV
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
1 Timothy 3:2 KJV
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
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