Bible Verses About Gluttony And Self-Control

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Direct proverb against gluttony and drunkenness

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

Very explicit proverb against appetite

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Direct proverb against gluttonous eaters

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Direct Bible passage naming self-control as a fruit of the Spirit

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

Direct Bible passage naming self-control

Which 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.

Direct passage warning that ascetic severity does not stop indulgence of the flesh

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.

Direct passage warning against surfeiting and drunkenness

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

Direct proverb on eating only enough, a clear moderation passage

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Shows disorder in communal eating and drunkenness

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

Direct proverb against companionship with gluttons

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

Direct proverb warning that wine deceives

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

Direct passage against drunkenness and excess

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Direct warning against lingering over wine

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Direct passage against luxury and self-indulgence

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Contextually relevant rule about eating and drinking not causing stumbling

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Warning against deceptive delicacies

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Permits eating and drinking as a good gift, but does not directly teach against gluttony

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.