46 Bible Verses about Taking Care Of Your Body

"And which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to his height?

(but if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

See the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they?

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin,

"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

"Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the church;

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, as God wants; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

However that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members do not have the same function,

But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

They entered in, and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world?how she may please her husband.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

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

and you shall have a spade among your tools; and it shall be, when you sit down outside, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn and cover that which comes from you:

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

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood.

Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;

Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

for the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jewish leaders, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you did not give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?