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Overeating

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1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Proverbs 23:2

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

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 →

Proverbs 23:20–21

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:19

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,

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

1 Corinthians 6:20

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Proverbs 28:7

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

Romans 14:21

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

Romans 14:17

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Exodus 15:26

and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Ephesians 5:18

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Proverbs 25:16

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

Philippians 4:5

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Proverbs 23:1–3

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

Deuteronomy 21:20

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.”

John 14:16

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

Genesis 1:29–30

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. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 3:17

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

Philippians 3:18–19

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 →

John 10:10

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

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Psalms 104:15

wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

1 Corinthians 3:16–17

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

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Matthew 4:1–25

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 12:13–14

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

2 Timothy 1:7

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Titus 1:12

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalms 78:18

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

Genesis 1:29

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.

1 Timothy 5:23

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Matthew 5:16

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Zechariah 7:6

When you eat, and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Proverbs 23:19–21

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:4

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.’”

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

James 1:14

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

1 Corinthians 6:12

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Ruth 2:14

At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

2 Timothy 3:1–9

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

Luke 7:34

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!’

Matthew 6:17–18

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 13:13–25

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded. — read the full passage →

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

James 2:17

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

Galatians 5:22–23

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

1 Corinthians 10:7

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.”

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 59:2

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Proverbs 18:20

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Psalms 30:2

Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.

Deuteronomy 14:1–29

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 →

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Philippians 4:8

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.

Romans 12:1

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.

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Leviticus 11:1–47

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

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Philippians 3:19–20

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. — read the full passage →

John 1:1–51

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Isaiah 30:20

Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers;

Proverbs 20:17

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Psalms 78:17–19

Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 38:19

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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