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Bible Verses About obesity

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Discover 19 powerful Bible verses about obesity. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential miscellaneous topic.

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TranslationKey Verse: Proverbs 23:20
King James (KJV)Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh: of flesh: Heb. of their flesh

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Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh: of flesh: Heb. of their flesh
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. is a companion: or, feedeth gluttons
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: convenient: Heb. of my allowance
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ye: or, fulfil not
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means , when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; holiness: or, holy women false: or, one who foments strife
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. wish: or, pray

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