15 Bible Verses about Food Defined

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Genesis 1:29

And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

Genesis 3:18

and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

Genesis 2:9

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16

And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

Genesis 3:2

And the woman saith unto the serpent, 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

Genesis 1:30

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is breath of life, every green herb is for food:' and it is so.

Job 28:5

The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

Leviticus 11:2

Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This is the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which are on the earth:

Leviticus 11:47

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'

Deuteronomy 12:15-16

'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart. Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

Deuteronomy 12:20

When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh -- for thy soul desireth to eat flesh -- of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

Ezekiel 47:12

And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every kind of fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.

Romans 14:2

one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

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