Canto 6 is based on which chapter of the bible?

Question

i posted this question before but with wrong wording, i think it is based on david and galiath, but which chapter would i find that in. i need all the info you can give.
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, the canto where it talks about gluttony which is excessive eating and drinking. can you tell me which chapter in the bible and any other information that can connect me to find the chapter because its hard for me to find. please can you tell me which chapter. that is all i need.

Answer 1

The infromation about the Third Circle of Hell, Cerberus the three headed dog and most of the descriptions he gives are not found in the Bible.

The concept of the seven deadly sins doesn't necesarily generate from the Bible. The list was comprised by the early Roman Catholic church who took to dividing sins into minor sins and mortal sins.

Gluttony can be described as overindulgence. In Galations 5:29-21 there is a list of sins in which "drunkeness and revellings," is often take as gluttony. In verse 23, it conterpart virtue is temperance.

Other verses that reference gluttony: Proverbs 23:1-2, Proverbs 23:20-21, and Proverbs 28:7.

Answer 2

The vice of gluttony is a violation of the virtue of moderation (or self-restraint or temperance).

The seven deadly sins tend to reproduce reinforce themselves and engender other sins and other vices.

Temperance
+ Is the moral virtue
+ Moderates the attraction of pleasures
+ Provides balance in the use of created goods
+ Ensures the will's mastery over instincts
+ Keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable

The temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and maintains a healthy discretion.

"Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart." (Sir 5:2; 37:27-31.)

Temperance is often praised in the Old Testament:

"Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites." (Sir 18:30)

In the New Testament it is called "moderation" or "sobriety."

We ought "to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world." (Titus 2:12)

With love in Christ.