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What Does the Bible Say About Health and Fitness?

Here are 14 Bible verses about Health and Fitness, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Corinthians 6:19-20

    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.

    BSBDo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

  2. #21 Timothy 4:8

    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.

    BSBFor physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

  3. #33 John 1:2

    Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

    BSBBeloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.

  4. #4Genesis 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.

    BSBThen God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

  5. #5Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

    BSBI can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

  6. #6Ezekiel 4:9

    Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

    BSBBut take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

  7. #7Romans 12:1

    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.

    BSBTherefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

  8. #8Galatians 5:22-23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

    BSBBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

  9. #9Psalms 18:34

    He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

    BSBHe trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

  10. #10Ephesians 5:18

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

    BSBDo not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

  11. #11Daniel 1:15-16

    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.

    BSBAnd at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food. So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

  12. #12Proverbs 14:30

    A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

    BSBA tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  13. #13Daniel 1:8

    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.

    BSBBut Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

  14. #142 Timothy 1:7

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

    BSBFor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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