100 Bible Verses about Overeating (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about overeating, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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Proverbs 23:2 KJV

²And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹What? 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? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Proverbs 23:20-21 KJV

²⁰Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: ²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV

¹⁹What? 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?

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Philippians 3:19 KJV

¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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Proverbs 25:27 KJV

²⁷It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV

²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV

¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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Jeremiah 17:14 KJV

¹⁴Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

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Proverbs 28:7 KJV

⁷Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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Romans 14:21 KJV

²¹It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

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Exodus 15:26 KJV

²⁶And 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.

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Ephesians 5:18 KJV

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰I 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.

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Romans 14:17 KJV

¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Matthew 7:7 KJV

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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Proverbs 25:16 KJV

¹⁶Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

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Philippians 4:5 KJV

⁵Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³There 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.

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Deuteronomy 21:20 KJV

²⁰And 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.

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Genesis 1:29-30 KJV

²⁹And 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. ³⁰And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

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John 14:16 KJV

¹⁶And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Proverbs 23:1-3 KJV

¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: ²And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. ³Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

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Deuteronomy 8:3 KJV

³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

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Leviticus 3:17 KJV

¹⁷It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

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Psalm 104:15 KJV

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

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John 10:10 KJV

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Proverbs 20:1 KJV

¹Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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Philippians 3:18-19 KJV

¹⁸(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: ¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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1 Corinthians 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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Proverbs 23:21 KJV

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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Proverbs 23:20 KJV

²⁰Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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Proverbs 3:7 KJV

⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

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Matthew 4:1-25 KJV

¹Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. ³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by …

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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV

¹³Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. ¹⁴For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Titus 1:12 KJV

¹²One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV

²⁷But 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.

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Colossians 3:5 KJV

⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Psalm 78:18 KJV

¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

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Genesis 1:29 KJV

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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1 Timothy 5:23 KJV

²³Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

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Romans 13:14 KJV

¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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Matthew 11:19 KJV

¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Matthew 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Zechariah 7:6 KJV

⁶And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

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Proverbs 23:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. ²⁰Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: ²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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Matthew 4:4 KJV

⁴But 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.

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Proverbs 31:27 KJV

²⁷She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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Proverbs 25:28 KJV

²⁸He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

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1 Corinthians 6:12 KJV

¹²All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

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Acts 5:29 KJV

²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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Ecclesiastes 9:7 KJV

⁷Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Ruth 2:14 KJV

¹⁴And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

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James 1:14 KJV

¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

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2 Timothy 3:1-9 KJV

¹This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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Luke 7:34 KJV

³⁴The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

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Matthew 6:17-18 KJV

¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Exodus 23:25 KJV

²⁵And 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.

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Revelation 22:2 KJV

²In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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Revelation 21:4 KJV

⁴And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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Philippians 4:8 KJV

⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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1 Corinthians 10:7 KJV

⁷Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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Ezekiel 16:49 KJV

⁴⁹Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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Isaiah 59:2 KJV

²But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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Proverbs 18:20 KJV

²⁰A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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Proverbs 13:13-25 KJV

¹³Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. ¹⁴The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. ¹⁵Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. ¹⁶Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. …

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Deuteronomy 14:1-29 KJV

¹Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. ²For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. ³Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. ⁴These are the beasts which …

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1 John 2:16 KJV

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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James 2:17 KJV

¹⁷Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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John 14:17 KJV

¹⁷Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

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Isaiah 53:5 KJV

⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

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Psalm 30:2 KJV

²O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

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Leviticus 11:1-47 KJV

¹And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. ³Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. ⁴Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, …

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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹I 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.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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James 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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John 1:1-51 KJV

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it …

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Matthew 16:25 KJV

²⁵For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

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Matthew 4:23 KJV

²³And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

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Isaiah 30:20 KJV

²⁰And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

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Proverbs 20:17 KJV

¹⁷Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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Philippians 3:19-20 KJV

¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) ²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

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Galatians 5:22 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Psalm 78:17-19 KJV

¹⁷And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. ¹⁸And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. ¹⁹Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

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1 Corinthians 15:1-58 KJV

¹Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; ²By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. ³For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; …

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Ezekiel 38:19 KJV

¹⁹For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

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Proverbs 4:17 KJV

¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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1 Corinthians 15:32 KJV

³²If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

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