Bible Verses About Excess
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for excess, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 409 votes, led by 1 John 2:15-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Excess
1 John 2:15-1747 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Ephesians 5:1844 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Luke 12:1536 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Romans 12:232 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.
Proverbs 20:128 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1 Timothy 5:2322 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Titus 1:721 votes
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
1 Peter 4:321 votes
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Proverbs 25:1619 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
1 Corinthians 5:1116 votes
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Galatians 5:19-2114 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 11:1913 votes
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Galatians 5:1612 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Philippians 4:512 votes
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Titus 2:11-1211 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
1 Peter 2:1111 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Proverbs 23:3110 votes
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs 31:410 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Romans 1:1-3210 votes
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
James 4:410 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 Peter 5:810 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
What does the Bible say about excess?
Readers most often cite 1 John 2:15-17 on the subject of excess. Across 409 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:18, Luke 12:15, Romans 12:2. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.