Bible Verses about “keeping healthy”
The Bible contains 30 verses about keeping healthy across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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 can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.”
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”
“She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.”
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
“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.”
“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”
“¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”
“He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.”
“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”
“Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.”
“So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.”
“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.”
“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.”
“Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.”
“Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,”
“¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”
“Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.”
“And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which [are] of your sort? then shall ye make [me] endanger my head to the king.”
“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:”
“¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
“¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”