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15 Bible Verses About Gluttony

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Summary

  • The Hebrew word for glutton in Deuteronomy 21:20 and Proverbs 23:20-21 and 28:7, zalal, also means to be worthless or light, the sense it has in Jeremiah 15:19.
  • Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:21 and Matthew 11:19 pair the glutton with the drunkard; in Matthew 11:19 Jesus reports that the charge was made against him.
  • Psalm 78:18-31 tells of Israel demanding meat in the wilderness; Numbers 11:31-34 tells of the quail that came and names the place Kibroth-hattaavah because the people who had the craving were buried there.
  • Ezekiel 16:49 lists Sodom’s “excess of food” with its pride, its prosperous ease and its failure to aid the poor and needy.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:24 calls eating and drinking a gift “from the hand of God,” and 1 Corinthians 10:31 tells believers to eat and drink “to the glory of God.”

The Bible warns against gluttony and also counts eating and drinking as a gift from God. The glutton appears in Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:20-21 and the charge made against Jesus in Matthew 11:19; Philippians 3:19 describes people whose “god is their belly,” and Ecclesiastes 2:24 says that eating and drinking are “from the hand of God.” The Hebrew word translated glutton in Deuteronomy 21:20 and Proverbs 23:20-21 and 28:7 is zalal (Strong’s 2151), which also means to be worthless or…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 2151, זָלַל (zalal): to be worthless, to be light, to be gluttonous, to be vile; used in Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:20-21 and 28:7, and Jeremiah 15:19. biblehub.com/hebrew/2151

Strong’s Greek 5314, φάγος (phagos): eater, glutton; joined with “drunkard” in Matthew 11:19 and Luke 7:34. biblehub.com/greek/5314

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1866: the capital sins, “following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great.” vatican.va

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