What Does the Bible Say About Eating Too Much Food?

Proverbs 23:20 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

Philippians 3:19 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 14:15 ESV / 59 helpful votes

For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 26 helpful votes

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 22 helpful votes

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Romans 14:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Matthew 18:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Isaiah 28:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

1 Kings 19:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.

Daniel 10:1-3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision. In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.

2 John 1:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Matthew 23:2-4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 9 helpful votes

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.

Luke 16:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

1 Corinthians 8:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

1 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

John 11:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jesus wept.

John 17:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

Numbers 6:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Joel 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.

34 Bible Verses about Eating Too Much Food

Proverbs 23:20 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Philippians 3:19 ESV / 65 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Romans 14:15 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV / 39 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Matthew 18:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Kings 19:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Daniel 10:1-3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

2 John 1:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 23:2-4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 16:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 8:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 11:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 17:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Numbers 6:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Joel 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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34 Bible Verses about Eating Too Much Food

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Proverbs 23:20 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Philippians 3:19 ESV / 65 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Romans 14:15 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV / 39 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Matthew 4:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Matthew 18:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Kings 19:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Daniel 10:1-3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

2 John 1:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 23:2-4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 16:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 8:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 11:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 17:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Numbers 6:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Joel 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes