Quotes about Excess
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
— Job 32:19
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
— Proverbs 23:20
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
— Proverbs 23:21
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
— Proverbs 23:30
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
— Proverbs 25:16
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
— Proverbs 25:27
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
— Isaiah 2:7
their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;
— Isaiah 3:20
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
— Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
— Isaiah 5:11
For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
— Isaiah 28:8
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
— Ezekiel 16:13