15 Bible Verses about Food Defined

And God said, Behold! I have given you every herb seeding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; to you it shall be for food.

It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.

And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul every green plant is for food; and it was so.

As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are in the earth.

to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the creature that may be eaten and the creature that may not be eaten.

However, with all your soul's desire you shall sacrifice and eat flesh in all your gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God which He has given you, the clean and the unclean, one may eat, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it on the earth like water.

When Jehovah your God shall make your border larger, as He has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul longs to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, whatever your soul desires.

And all trees for food shall go up by the torrent, on its bank on this side, and on that side. Its leaf shall not fade, nor its fruit fail. It will bear by its months, because its waters come out from the sanctuary. And its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

For indeed one believes to eat all things; but being weak, another eats vegetables.