Bible Verses about “moderation”

“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

“Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”

“Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”

“"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything.”

“and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;”

“Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.”

“in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,”

“Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.”

“For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.”

“for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.”

“Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:”

“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.”

“If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,”

“Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.”

“"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"”

“(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?”

“It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.”

“Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.”