14 Bible Verses About Moderation

1 Corinthians 6:12

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“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

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All 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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“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

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.

1 Corinthians 9:25

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Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

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,

Philippians 4:5

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Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

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

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Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

Proverbs 20:1

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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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

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Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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.

Galatians 5:13

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For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Titus 2:7

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In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

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In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

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In all things show yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

1 Peter 5:8

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Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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.

Colossians 2:20–23

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20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: 21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? 22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, 21(Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

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20If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, 21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch” 22(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? 23These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

1 Timothy 5:23

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Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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

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Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Titus 2:3

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Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

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The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

14 Bible Verses About Moderation

1 Corinthians 6:12

Proverbs 25:27

1 Corinthians 9:25

Ephesians 5:18

Philippians 4:5

Proverbs 20:1

Proverbs 25:16

Galatians 5:13

Titus 2:7

1 Peter 5:8

Proverbs 23:20–21

Colossians 2:20–23

1 Timothy 5:23

Titus 2:3

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