Bible Verses About Overcoming Gluttony
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for overcoming gluttony, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 600 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Overcoming Gluttony
1 Corinthians 9:24-2788 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Philippians 3:1978 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Proverbs 23:2160 votes
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Philippians 4:1359 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 23:242 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Job 23:10-1241 votes
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Romans 14:1741 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
1 Peter 5:841 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Romans 8:5-835 votes
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Matthew 5:627 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Romans 6:12-1323 votes
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2016 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?
Psalms 131:213 votes
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Ecclesiastes 10:1712 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!
John 6:48-5112 votes
I am that bread of life.
John 6:5312 votes
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
What does the Bible say about overcoming gluttony?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 on the subject of overcoming gluttony. Across 600 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 3:19, Proverbs 23:21, Philippians 4:13. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.