39 Bible Verses about Taking Care Of Your Body

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?

Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.

Each of you recognizing the duty of taking one woman for his wife, purely and honorably,

Look at the wild birds--they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?

That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life here--what you can get to eat or drink; nor yet about your body-- what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;

Do not then ask anxiously 'What can we get to eat?' or 'What can we get to drink?' or 'What can we get to wear?'

for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life both here and hereafter.

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

For no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church;

I urge you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;

For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.

As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.

That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;

Guard by the help of the Holy Spirit, who is within us, the glorious trust that has been committed to you.

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

Whenever they betray you, do not be anxious as to how you shall speak or what you shall say, for what you shall say will be given you at the moment;

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

No! Those parts of the body that seem naturally the weaker are indispensable;

But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, will not he much more clothe you, O men of little faith?

Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat every one with kindness, and especially members of the Household of the Faith.

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

If one part suffers, all the others suffer with it, and if one part has honor done it, all the others share its joy.

And, on going into it, they could not find the body [of the Lord Jesus].

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine on account of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.

Do not offer any part of your bodies to Sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have Life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness.

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in the Pit.

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the Church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

And those parts which we deem less honorable we surround with special honor; and our ungraceful parts receive a special grace which our graceful parts do not require.

A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.

Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.

After this, Joseph of Ramah, a disciple of Jesus--but a secret one, owing to his fear of the Jews--begged Pilate's permission to remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him leave; so Joseph went and removed the body.

And one of you were to say to them--"Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves," and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?

And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?