14 Bible Verses About Health and Fitness

The 14 most-voted scriptures about Health and Fitness, from 13 books (Daniel, Genesis, Psalm and 10 more), ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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.

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.

3 John 1:2

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Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.

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Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

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Genesis 1:29

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Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

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And 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.

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God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

Ezekiel 4:9

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But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

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Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

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“Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel. Make bread of it. According to the number of the days that you will lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Psalm 18:34

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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

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He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

Romans 12:1

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Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

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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.

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Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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Galatians 5:22–23

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22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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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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22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Proverbs 14:30

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A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

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A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

Daniel 1:8

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But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

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But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

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But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Daniel 1:15–16

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15And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food. 16So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

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15And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat. 16Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

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15At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies. 16So the steward took away their delicacies and the wine that they were given to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Ephesians 5:18

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Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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

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Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

2 Timothy 1:7

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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

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For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

14 verses, from 13 books:

  • Genesis (1)
  • Psalm (1)
  • Proverbs (1)
  • Ezekiel (1)
  • Daniel (2)
  • Romans (1)
  • 1 Corinthians (1)
  • Galatians (1)
  • Ephesians (1)
  • Philippians (1)
  • 1 Timothy (1)
  • 2 Timothy (1)
  • 3 John (1)