What Does the Bible Say About Battling With An Addiction?

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Romans 7:15-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 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 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Proverbs 25:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

15 Bible Verses about Battling With An Addiction

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 7:15-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 7:15-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes