Gluttony is generally defined as “excessive eating.” In the Bible, the word glutton and its variants are often mentioned alongside drunkenness. Therefore, it is clear that a glutton is someone who eats more than is healthy or eats excessively and that such behavior is considered sinful. Furthermore, gluttony is presented as an ongoing practice, not typically as a one-time activity.
And put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. | Proverbs 23:2
All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything. | 1 Corinthians 6:12
And they shall say to 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
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. | Proverbs 23:20-21
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat. | Proverbs 23:20
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. | Galatians 5:22-23
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. | 2 Corinthians 12:9
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. | Daniel 1:8
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | Romans 13:14
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. | Galatians 6:7-8
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. | Romans 14:20-21
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. | 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. | Proverbs 23:21
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. | Romans 14:17
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. | 1 John 2:16
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. | Philippians 3:18-19
Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness. | Ecclesiastes 10:17
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. | Romans 12:1
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. | Proverbs 25:16
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. | John 4:34
Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted. | Exodus 16:21
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. | Luke 16:13
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own. | 1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. | 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | James 4:7
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. | 2 Corinthians 7:1
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. | 1 Corinthians 10:31
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds. | Matthew 11:19
That no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. | Hebrews 12:16
They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. | Psalm 78:18
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. | Philippians 3:19
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. | Proverbs 20:1
While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague. | Numbers 11:33
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? | James 4:1
When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. | 1 Corinthians 11:20
God has blessed us by filling the earth with foods that are delicious, nutritious, and pleasurable. We should honor God’s creation by enjoying these foods and by eating them in appropriate quantities. God calls us to control our appetites, rather than allowing them to control us.