Being Fat

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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. — read the full passage →

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. — read the full passage →

He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries: — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, — read the full passage →

And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away. — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; — read the full passage →

And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: — read the full passage →

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah’s.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; — read the full passage →

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev. — read the full passage →

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. — read the full passage →

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. — read the full passage →

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. — read the full passage →

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; — read the full passage →

Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →

And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. — read the full passage →

Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; — read the full passage →

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; — read the full passage →

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

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.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: