Bible Verses About Anorexia
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for anorexia, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,094 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Anorexia
1 Corinthians 6:19-20130 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Samuel 16:7100 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Song of Songs 4:796 votes
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Matthew 6:2596 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Psalms 107:17-1864 votes
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
1 Corinthians 3:1656 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ephesians 5:2948 votes
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Psalms 147:347 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Romans 12:242 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 Samuel 1:1840 votes
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
Romans 10:1333 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
1 Corinthians 13:328 votes
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Ezra 10:426 votes
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Psalms 139:1425 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
John 8:1523 votes
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
1 Samuel 1:821 votes
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
Psalms 107:18-1920 votes
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
1 Peter 2:1620 votes
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1819 votes
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
James 5:1618 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Genesis 1:2917 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1 Peter 2:13-1716 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Luke 6:3-415 votes
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
1 Samuel 1:514 votes
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
Isaiah 43:1-714 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
What does the Bible say about anorexia?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of anorexia. Across 1,094 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Samuel 16:7, Song of Songs 4:7, Matthew 6:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.