Sin & Temptation
Bible Verses About excess
11 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about excess. This collection of 11 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: 1 John 2:15 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” |
11 Key Scriptures
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
1 John 2:15KJV
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”
“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
Luke 12:15KJV
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Romans 12:2KJV
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.”
“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”
1 Peter 4:3KJV
“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;”
Titus 1:7KJV
“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
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