Gluttony

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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

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

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

(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: — 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.

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? — read the full passage →

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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?

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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!

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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, — 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.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; — 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. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. — read the full passage →

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

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.

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. — read the full passage →

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. — read the full passage →

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: — read the full passage →

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. — read the full passage →

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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:

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. — read the full passage →

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) — read the full passage →

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

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. — read the full passage →

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. — read the full passage →

And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. — read the full passage →

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — 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 even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. — read the full passage →

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. — read the full passage →

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. — read the full passage →

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. — read the full passage →

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. — read the full passage →

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: — read the full passage →

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. — read the full passage →

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; — read the full passage →

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →