What Does the Bible Say About Addiction Recovery?

John 8:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Romans 8:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 15:3-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 8:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

James 2:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? ...

24 Bible Verses about Addiction Recovery

John 8:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:3-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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24 Bible Verses about Addiction Recovery

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John 8:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:3-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote