Bible Verses About Overeating
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for overeating, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,954 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 Overeating
1 Corinthians 10:31200 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 23:2179 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20172 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?
Proverbs 23:20-21155 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
1 Corinthians 6:19136 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 3:19125 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Proverbs 25:27111 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
1 Corinthians 6:2085 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Philippians 4:1380 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Jeremiah 17:1458 votes
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
1 Corinthians 3:1657 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Proverbs 28:755 votes
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Romans 14:2151 votes
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Romans 14:1747 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Exodus 15:2646 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.
Ephesians 5:1845 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Galatians 2:2044 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
1 John 1:943 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Proverbs 25:1642 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Matthew 7:742 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
1 Corinthians 10:1337 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Philippians 4:537 votes
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Matthew 6:3335 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Deuteronomy 21:2032 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.
Genesis 1:29-3030 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.
What does the Bible say about overeating?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:31 on the subject of overeating. Across 2,954 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 23:2, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Proverbs 23:20-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.