3 For some men through their much eating bring weakness on the flesh, and injure their flesh: whereas the flesh of those who have nought to eat is injured by their not having sufficient nourishment, and their body is ruined. (HER)
Visions 17:3
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Sirach 37:29–31
29 Don’t be insatiable in any luxury. Don’t be greedy in the things that you eat. (WEB) 30 For overeating brings disease, and gluttony causes nausea. (WEB) 31 Because of gluttony, many have perished, but he who takes heed shall prolong his life. (WEB)
Psalms 107:17–19
17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
2 Enoch 63:2–4
2 But if his heart murmur, he commits a double evil: ruin of himself and of that which he gives; and for him there will be no finding of reward on account of that. (2EN) 3 And if his own heart is filled with his food and his own flesh (sc. clothed) with his clothing he… (2EN) 4 … (2EN)
2 Baruch 21:13–15
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Psalms 109:23–25
23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. 25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Epistle to Diognetus 6:8–10
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Lamentations 4:8–10
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