Biblical Health Principles

The Bible rates health rights near the top of the list in importance (3 John 1:2).
Man's mind, spiritual nature, and body are all interrelated and interdependent. God
gave health rules because He knows what is best for the body (Deuteronomy 6:24,
Exodus 23:25). A bondservant of Christ should eat and drink all to the glory of God using only "that which is good" (Isaiah 55:2, 1Corinthians 10:31). If God says a thing
is not fit to eat, He must have a good reason. He is not a harsh dictator, but a
loving Father. All His counsel is for our good, always. So if God withholds a thing
from us, it is because it is not a good thing for us (Psalm 84:11). The diet God gave
people at the beginning of Creation was fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds
(Genesis 1:29, 2:16; 3:18).
These items are unclean and forbidden: All land animals which do not have a
split hoof and chew the cud (Deuteronomy 14:6); all fish and water creatures that
do not have both fins and scales (Deuteronomy 14:9); all birds of prey, carrion
eaters, and fish eaters (Leviticus 11:13-19), and most "creeping things" (or
invertebrates) are also unclean (Leviticus 11:21-23, 41-43). Also, if a clean food
touches any unclean food, the clean food must not be eaten (Leviticus 7:19, Haggai
2:12-13).
The Bible clearly forbids the use of alcoholic beverages to induce drunkenness
(Leviticus 10:9, Deuteronomy 21:10; 29:19, 1Samuel 1:14, 1Kings 16:9-10, Psalm
69:2, Proverbs 20:1; 21:17; 23:20-21,29-35; 26:9; 31:4-7, Isaiah 5:11-12,22; 19:14;
24:9,11; 28:1,3,7; 56:12, Jeremiah 25:27, Ezekiel 44:21, Hosea 4:11; 7:5,14, Joel
1:5; 3:3, Amos 2:8,12, Micah 2:11, Nahum 1:10, Habakkuk 2:5,15-16, Matthew
24:49, Luke 12:45; 21:34, Romans 13:13, 1Corinthians 5:11; 6:9-10, Galatians 5:1921, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Thes.5:7, 1 Peter 4:7). Strong drink, by itself, is not unclean. It
is only when one abuses strong drink that it's condemned. God himself gave His
approval of strong drink (Deuteronomy 14:26), and therefor cannot be evil in itself.
At a marriage feast, Jesus performed the miracle of changing water into wine (John
2:1-11), which He would not have done if it was sinful to drink wine. Drunkeness is
condemned, not wine.
Some of the simple, yet very important, health laws found in the Bible are to:
Eat your meals at regular intervals (Ecclesiastes 10:17).
Don't overeat (Proverbs 23:2, Luke 21:34).
Make mealtime a happy time (Ecclesiastes 3:13).
Don't harbor envy or hold grudges (Proverbs 14:30, Matthew 5:23,24).
Maintain a cheerful, happy disposition (Proverbs 17:22; 23:7).
Balance work and exercise with sleep and rest (Exodus 20:9,10, Ecclesiastes

2:22,23; 5:12, Psalm 127:2).

Keep your body clean (Isaiah 52:11).
Be temperate in all things (1 Corinthians 9:25, Philippians 4:5).
Avoid all harmful stimulants [Note: Medical science has confirmed the fact
that tea, coffee, and soft drinks that contain the addictive drug caffeine and
other harmful ingredients are all positively damaging to the body]
Help those who are in need (Isaiah 58:6-8).
Bury body waste to avoid disease (Deuteronomy 23:12-13). [Note: This is
obviously for health reasons, because history and science has shown that if
this was not done, diseases would spread and people would die from them]
Avoid eating animals that were strangled (Acts 15:20,29; 21:25).
Avoid eating animals that die by themselves (Leviticus 17:15; 22:8,
Deuteronomy 14:21, Ezekiel 4:14). Do not boil a young animal in its mother's
milk (Deuteronomy 14:21).
Do not eat animal fat or blood (Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 3:17; 7:23-27; 17:1014, Deuteronomy 12:16). [Note: Recent scientific studies have confirmed the
fact that most heart attacks result from a high cholesterol level in the blood
-and that the use of "fats" is largely responsible for this high level. Also, the
blood can transfer diseases. Science is just catching up with the Bible. ]
Put full trust in the Lord (Proverbs 4:20-22; 19:23).
Exodus 15:26, "...if thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the LORD thy God,
and do things pleasing before him, and will hearken to his commands, and keep all
his ordinances, no disease...shall I bring upon thee, for I am the LORD thy God
that heals thee."
Exodus 23:25, "And thou shalt serve the LORD thy God, and I will bless thy bread
and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you."
Deuteronomy 7:12,15, "And it shall come to pass when ye shall have heard these
ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that...the LORD thy God shall
remove from thee all sickness."
Psalm 103:2-4 (Psalm 102:2-4 - LXX), "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all
His praises. Who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; He
redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion."
Jeremiah 30:17 (Jeremiah 37:17 - LXX), "For I will bring about thy healing, I will
heal thee of thy grievous wound, saith the LORD."