What Does the Bible Say About Sugar?

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 67 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 43:24 ESV / 39 helpful votes

You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.

Jeremiah 6:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:103 ESV / 26 helpful votes

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 17 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. ...

Jeremiah 17:5-9 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Matthew 13:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Isaiah 60:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

John 2:1-25 ESV / 6 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.” ...

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

James 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Romans 14:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Isaiah 43:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 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.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Exodus 30:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane,

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 25:16-27:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you. A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on soda. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

27 Bible Verses about Sugar

Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:24 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Jeremiah 6:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Psalm 119:103 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:5-9 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 13:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 60:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 2:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 30:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:16-27:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about Sugar

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Proverbs 25:27 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:24 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Jeremiah 6:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Psalm 119:103 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:5-9 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Genesis 9:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 13:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 60:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 2:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 30:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:16-27:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote