1 Corinthians 10:31
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.”
Deuteronomy 14: 29
“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”
— Proverbs 23:2
“And put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite.”
Proverbs 23:20-21 —
“20 Be not among winebibbers;
among riotous eaters of flesh:
“21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”
— Philippians 3:18-19
“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:
“19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things.)”
Proverbs 25:16
“Hast thou found honey? eat so much
as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled
therewith, and vomit it.”
Romans 12:1 —
“I 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.”
— James 4:7
“Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Galatians 6:7-8 —
“7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
“8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
— Ecclesiastes 10:17
“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!”
1 Peter 4:3 —
“For the time past of our life may suffice us
to have wrought the will of the Gentiles,
when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”
Exodus 16:21
“And they gathered it [manna] every morning,
every man according to his eating:
and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.”
— Ezekiel 16:49
“Behold, 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.”
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
“16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
“17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
Luke 21:34-35
“34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts
be overcharged with surfeiting [over-eating],
and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares.
“35 For as a snare shall it come on all them
that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”
©2013 Mark Davis
Continued Reading:
- Your Body Is The Temple of the Holy Spirit
- How Many Ways Are There To Get To Heaven?
- The Spiritually Dormant Life
- Growing In Grace – The Bible Study
- What Does Your Mouth Say About You?
- What Are You Wearing?
- Your Spiritual Wages