Bible Verses about “anorexia”
The Bible contains 21 verses about anorexia across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
“¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
“As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
“Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.”
“Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].”
“‹Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.›”
“¶ 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.”
“Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?”
“And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].”
“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.”
“¶ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.”
“Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.”