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The body as God's temple: food, joy and care. 12 verses, King James Version.

  • Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
  • 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.
  • Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
  • 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.
  • A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
  • 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.
  • And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
  • 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.
  • Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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The verses were chosen by our team. Bible text: King James Version (public domain).