overeating
What does the Bible say about overeating? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.
2and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
20Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh. 21For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
19Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.
27Just as whoever eats too much honey, it is not good for him, so also whoever is an investigator of what is majestic will be overwhelmed by glory.
20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For you are my praise.
16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son. But whoever feeds gluttons brings shame to his father.