What Does the Bible Say About Moderation In Everything?

1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1 John 2:15-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 3 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.

Luke 17:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Remember Lot's wife.

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God. “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. ...

John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” ...

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. ...

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ...

1 John 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

James 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

Philippians 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

John 2:1-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” ...

Luke 17:26-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Proverbs 23:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

23 Bible Verses about Moderation In Everything

1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 17:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 2:1-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 17:26-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 23:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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23 Bible Verses about Moderation In Everything

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1 Timothy 3:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 17:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:1-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Galatians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 2:1-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 17:26-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 23:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote