What does the Bible say about smoking pot?

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The Bible does not name smoking pot directly, but it calls Christians to sober-minded self-control, care for their bodies, and freedom from anything that masters them. First Peter 5:8 urges vigilance, while 1 Corinthians 6:12 warns that lawful things can become enslaving. Since believers are God’s temple, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 supports avoiding practices that needlessly harm body or mind. Genesis 1:29 and 1 Timothy 4:4-5 affirm God’s good creation, yet they do not justify intoxication or misuse. Christians should seek the Spirit’s fruit in Galatians 5:16-24 and do all for God’s glory, as 1 Corinthians 10:31 teaches.

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  • Genesis 9:3

    Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.

  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:12

    "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:31

    Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • 1 Timothy 4:4-5

    [4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. [5] For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

    [16] Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? [17] If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • Proverbs 23:21

    For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Galatians 5:16-24

    [16] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire. [18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. [19] Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, [20] idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, [21] envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. [24] Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  • Genesis 1:29

    God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

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