What Does the Bible Say About Social Media Addiction?

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 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. 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.

1 John 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

James 1:12-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 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.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 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.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Romans 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Romans 6:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 5:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 8:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 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.

Mark 3:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ...

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful. Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. ...

24 Bible Verses about Social Media Addiction

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:12-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 3:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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24 Bible Verses about Social Media Addiction

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1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:12-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 3:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes