Bible Verses About Gluttony
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for gluttony, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 19,294 votes, led by Philippians 3:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Gluttony
Philippians 3:191,151 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Proverbs 23:20-21916 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs 23:2760 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17616 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Proverbs 25:16605 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 23:21603 votes
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Psalms 78:18500 votes
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
1 Corinthians 10:31432 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Philippians 3:18-19419 votes
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Deuteronomy 21:20410 votes
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20393 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?
Romans 13:14336 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 6:12314 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.
Proverbs 23:20296 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Galatians 5:16-26286 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Proverbs 28:7270 votes
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Matthew 11:19255 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.
1 Corinthians 6:19207 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?
James 4:7207 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Romans 12:1205 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Luke 7:34201 votes
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Titus 1:12182 votes
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Ecclesiastes 10:17173 votes
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Colossians 3:5164 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1 John 2:16164 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
What does the Bible say about gluttony?
Readers most often cite Philippians 3:19 on the subject of gluttony. Across 19,294 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 23:20-21, Proverbs 23:2, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.