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The 14 most-voted verses about obesity, from 8 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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

Proverbs 23:2 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 23:2 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 23:2 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 28:7 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 28:7 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 28:7 (WEB)

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

Philippians 3:19 (BSB)

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

Philippians 3:19 (KJV)

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

Philippians 3:19 (WEB)

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.”

Deuteronomy 21:20 (BSB)

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.

Deuteronomy 21:20 (KJV)

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.”

Deuteronomy 21:20 (WEB)

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:20 (BSB)

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:20 (KJV)

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

Proverbs 23:20 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 25:16 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 25:16 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 25:16 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 25:27 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 25:27 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 25:27 (WEB)

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Proverbs 30:8 (BSB)

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 30:8 (KJV)

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,

Proverbs 30:8 (WEB)

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 (BSB)

[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 (KJV)

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 (WEB)

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Luke 21:34 (BSB)

¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Luke 21:34 (WEB)

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

1 Corinthians 9:27 (BSB)

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.

1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV)

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.

1 Corinthians 9:27 (WEB)

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (BSB)

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

1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)

Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (WEB)

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Titus 1:12 (BSB)

One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Titus 1:12 (KJV)

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

Titus 1:12 (WEB)

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

3 John 1:2 (BSB)

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

3 John 1:2 (KJV)

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

3 John 1:2 (WEB)

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