Ten Texts About Health

 1. John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.10.KJV 

2. 3 John 1:2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”    https://www.bible.com/bible/1/3JN.1.KJV These are God’s wishes for us, so, He gave us an owner’s manual. 

3. Genesis 1:29 “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.” https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.1.KJV 

4. Genesis 7:1 “And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.7.KJV Leviticus 11  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LEV.11.KJV and Deuteronomy 14  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/DEU.14.KJV have the lists of what is clean and unclean. 

5. Proverbs 20:1 “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.20.KJV 

6. Proverbs 23:2 “And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it giveth his colour in the cup, 

When it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.23.KJV Temperence in appetite and in our thoughts is necessary. 

7. 1 Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.3.KJV 

8. 1 Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.10.KJV 

9. Deuteronomy 6:24 “And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/DEU.6.KJV 

10. Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”  https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GAL.6.KJV