39 Bible Verses about Taking Care Of Your Body

But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature?

for if a man knoweth not how to order his own family, how shall he take proper care of the church of God?

Let it be thy aim then, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

that every one of you may know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they?

For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment?

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:

Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

For bodily exercise is of little advantage, but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind;

The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual.

The glorious deposit committed to thy trust, guard by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.

For as we have in one body many members, but the members, though many, have not the same function,

But when they shall deliver you up, be under no anxiety what ye shall say; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye should speak:

Then said he to his disciples, For this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed.

Yea, much more the members of the body, which appear to be more feeble, are necessary:

But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.

If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Well then, whilst we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men, but especially unto those who are of the household of faith.

If any man prophane the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members rejoice with it.

And on entering, found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

But take heed that this power of yours become not an occasion of stumbling to the weak.

A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

confine thyself no longer to water-drinking; but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent indispositions.

Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

and those parts which we esteem as the more dishonourable of the body, on them we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband.

Remember those who are in chains, as in chains with them; and those who are suffering afflictions, as being yourselves also in the body.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

And after these things Joseph of Arimathea, (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and took away the body of Jesus.

and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail?

If therefore ye are unable to do the least thing, why are ye anxious about the others?