Bible Verses About Keeping Healthy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for keeping healthy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,711 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Keeping Healthy
1 Corinthians 10:31245 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20222 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?
3 John 1:2186 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Timothy 4:8182 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Proverbs 17:22142 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8139 votes
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
1 Corinthians 6:19138 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?
Exodus 15:26136 votes
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Romans 12:1122 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.
Daniel 1:8-16112 votes
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Isaiah 40:29-3196 votes
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Psalms 139:1488 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
1 Corinthians 9:2784 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Proverbs 31:1780 votes
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
1 Corinthians 3:1779 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Genesis 1:2962 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 Corinthians 6:2060 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Proverbs 16:2452 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Philippians 4:1352 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 14:3049 votes
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Galatians 5:22-2333 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Exodus 23:2530 votes
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Proverbs 4:20-2224 votes
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs 20:124 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Matthew 4:424 votes
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
What does the Bible say about keeping healthy?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:31 on the subject of keeping healthy. Across 2,711 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 3 John 1:2, 1 Timothy 4:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.