29 Bible Verses about Eating
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Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord: For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink. What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order, And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.read more.
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews. For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:
For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths: For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.
From Thematic Bible
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.
When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;
Eating » Reclining on couches
And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume, And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.
So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
Eating » The host acting as waiter
And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.
Eating » Ablutions before
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
Eating » Sitting at table
So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure.
Eating » Table used in
And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.
Topics on Eating
Animals Eating
Exodus 22:5If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.
Animals Eating People
Genesis 37:20Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Birds Eating
Genesis 40:19After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.
Eating And Drinking
Ecclesiastes 3:13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
Eating Before God
Exodus 12:4And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.
Eating Cattle
1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
Eating Corpses
Genesis 40:19After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Deuteronomy 12:7There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.
Eating Forbidden Food
Genesis 2:17But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
Eating With Mouths
Psalm 81:10I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
People Eating
John 4:31While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.
Pots For Cooking And Eating
Deuteronomy 28:5A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.
