The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Moderation

  • It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
  • Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
  • Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
  • Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
  • The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
  • Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
  • And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
  • 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, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines ...
  • And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the ...