Bible Verses About Being Overweight
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being overweight, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 385 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Overweight
1 Corinthians 3:16-1781 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 10:1355 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Proverbs 23:245 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Luke 12:2943 votes
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Galatians 5:22-2332 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Philippians 3:1929 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
1 Peter 5:820 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 4:417 votes
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Hebrews 10:2616 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Jeremiah 22:2112 votes
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
1 Corinthians 10:2312 votes
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1 Peter 1:1312 votes
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Romans 14:1-15:3311 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
What does the Bible say about being overweight?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 on the subject of being overweight. Across 385 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:13, Proverbs 23:2, Luke 12:29. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.