Bible Verses About Everything in Moderation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for everything in moderation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 548 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Everything in Moderation
Ecclesiastes 3:1-899 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Corinthians 6:1279 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Ephesians 5:1866 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Corinthians 6:19-2049 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?
Philippians 4:545 votes
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
1 Peter 5:843 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Corinthians 9:2536 votes
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Philippians 4:833 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Timothy 4:2-530 votes
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1 Corinthians 10:2318 votes
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Proverbs 2:1-2215 votes
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 25:1613 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
1 Timothy 5:2312 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Peter 5:710 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
What does the Bible say about everything in moderation?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 on the subject of everything in moderation. Across 548 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:12, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.