45 Bible Verses about Taking Care Of Your Body

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?