Thematic Bible: Appetites to be restrained
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Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
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