What Does the Bible Say About Healthy Lifestyle?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 152 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.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 118 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 93 helpful votes

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 87 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 80 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 66 helpful votes

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 56 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 35 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

John 8:32 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

James 4:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Acts 14:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— ...

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 14:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ephesians 5:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

John 3:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Romans 14:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

John 6:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Jeremiah 33:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

Job 23:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 6 helpful votes

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 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,

John 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 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.

Luke 12:22-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? ...

Jeremiah 17:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 58:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Isaiah 43:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Proverbs 14:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 4 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,

Romans 14:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Acts 10:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, ...

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Psalm 30:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Proverbs 3:7-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Psalm 38:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

60 Bible Verses about Healthy Lifestyle

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 152 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 118 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 93 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

3 John 1:2 ESV / 87 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 80 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 66 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 56 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:32 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 14:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 33:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 23:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:22-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 17:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 58:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 43:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 30:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 38:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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