What does the Bible say about obesity?

19 verses about obesity, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about obesity

Proverbs 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 10 votes
1 Corinthians 6:19 — 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? 9 votes
Proverbs 23:2 — And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 7 votes
Proverbs 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 4 votes
Philippians 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 4 votes
Deuteronomy 21:20 — 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. 3 votes
Proverbs 25:16 — Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 3 votes
Proverbs 25:27 — It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 3 votes
Proverbs 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 3 votes
Galatians 5:16 — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 3 votes
Philippians 3:18 — (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: 3 votes
Isaiah 55:1 — 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. 2 votes
Luke 21:34 — 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. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 9:27 — 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. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 2 votes
Galatians 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 2 votes
Titus 1:12 — One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 2 votes
Titus 2:3 — The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 2 votes
3 John 1:2 — Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 2 votes

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Proverbs (6), 1 Corinthians (3), Galatians (2), Philippians (2), Titus (2), Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (1), Luke (1), 3 John (1)

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