Bible Verses About Overcoming Gluttony
16 verses from Scripture about overcoming gluttony.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all , but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
See in contextWhose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
See in contextFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
See in contextAnd put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
See in contextFor the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
See in contextBut he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
See in contextBe sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
See in contextFor 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.
See in contextBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
See in contextLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
See in contextWhat? 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?
See in contextSurely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
See in contextBlessed 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!
See in contextThen 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.
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