Being Fat

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

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

Therefore I urge you, brothers, 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 →

Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.

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.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

“‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’”

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

You are the children of Yahweh your God. You 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 only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, — read the full passage →

Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be 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 swallows it up.

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

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

Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners 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 →

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has 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.

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you 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 prepared before that we would walk in them.

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

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →

All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you. — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. — read the full passage →

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

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh’s.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; — read the full passage →

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

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

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.” — read the full passage →

In the fourth year of king Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of 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, until 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 have become great, and grew rich. — read the full passage →

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue. — read the full passage →

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. — read the full passage →

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

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

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; — read the full passage →

Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, — read the full passage →

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” — read the full passage →

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

If someone is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him; — read the full passage →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’” — read the full passage →

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

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

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

They shall tell 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,