18 Bible Verses about Excess
Want to know what the Bible says about Excess? Here are 18 Bible verses about Excess from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Galatians 5:19-21 NIV
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Galatians 5:16 NIV
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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1 Peter 2:11 NIV
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
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1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
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Matthew 11:19 NIV
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
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Proverbs 31:4 NIV
It is not for kings, Lemuel—
it is not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
it is not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
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Proverbs 23:31 NIV
Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly!
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly!
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