Bible verses about gaining weight

Proverbs 23:20–21

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20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

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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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20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat; 21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

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19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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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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19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Proverbs 23:2

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and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

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

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put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

Proverbs 25:16

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If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

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

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Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Proverbs 28:7

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A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

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

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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

1 Timothy 4:8

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For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.

Deuteronomy 21:20

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and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

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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.

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They shall tell 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.”

Proverbs 25:27

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It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

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

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It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Philippians 3:19

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Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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

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whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Ezekiel 16:49

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Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

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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.

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“‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Deuteronomy 32:15

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But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness;] then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

Philippians 3:18–19

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18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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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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18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

1 Samuel 16:7

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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

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But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the Lord seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

Ecclesiastes 10:17

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Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

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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!

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Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

1 Corinthians 3:16–17

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16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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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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16Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

1 Corinthians 9:27

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No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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But 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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but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

gaining weight

Proverbs 23:20–21

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Proverbs 23:2

Proverbs 25:16

Proverbs 28:7

1 Timothy 4:8

Deuteronomy 21:20

Proverbs 25:27

Philippians 3:19

Ezekiel 16:49

Deuteronomy 32:15

Philippians 3:18–19

1 Samuel 16:7

Ecclesiastes 10:17

1 Corinthians 3:16–17

1 Corinthians 9:27

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