Bible Verses about “moderation”

“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

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

“¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

“¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”

“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”

“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”

“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”

“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.”

“¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”

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

“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:”

“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at hand.”

“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”

“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.”

“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”

“Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”

“¶ [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.”

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