42 Bible Verses about Food
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He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
"It is like leaven which a took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened."
"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, For no one buys their merchandise any more??12 Merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, Of pearls, and fine linen, and purple and silk and scarlet; All citron wood, and vessels of ivory, And vessels of rare wood and brass and iron and marble; Cinnamon and balsam and spices and myrrh and frankincense; Wine and oil and fine flour and wheat; Cattle and sheep, and horses and chariots, And slaves, and the souls of men.
"My judgment therefore, is against troubling those who turn to God from among the Gentiles; "but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.
"As for the Gentile believers, we wrote giving judgment that they should abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."
Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up. If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know; but if a man loves God, he is known by him.read more.
Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One. For though there be so-called "gods," celestial of terrestrial, as indeed there are gods many and lords many, yet for there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled. Now food does not bring us nearness to God. Neither if we eat do we gain any advantage, nor if we eat not, do we lose any. But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak. For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols? So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died. In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat food offered to idols, and to practise immorality.
From Thematic Bible
Food » Grace before » of priests
Food » From God
The right course is not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything through which your brother is made to stumble.
"Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they?
who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth. For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if only it is received with thankfulness. For it is sanctified by the Word of God and by prayer.
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.
Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to do it all for the glory of God.
Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."
Food » Grace before » Blessings (grace) before meals
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat.
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, saying, "This is my body, broken for you; this do in memory of me."
Food » List of articles » Bread
"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."
Food » List of articles » Sumptuous
"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.
Food » List of articles » Fish
So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,
Food » Different meals » Mid-day repast
Jacob's Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.
Food » List of articles » Butter
Food » List of articles » Oil
Food » List of articles » Dried fruit
Food » Articles of » Oil
Food » Different meals » Evening meal
But they urged him to stay with them, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. But as he sat down with them, and took bread, and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,
Food » Articles of » Prepared by females
Food » List of articles » Honey
Food » Articles of » Herbs
For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God;
Food » List of articles » Cheese
Food » List of articles » Flesh
Food » Things prohibited as food
Food » List of articles » Fruit
Food » Different meals » Breakfast
Food » Articles of » Cheese
Food » Articles of » Wine
And when the wine ran short, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
"Everybody serves first the good wine, and when people have drunk freely, the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."
Food » Articles of » Men and women did not partake together
Food » Articles of » Butter
Food » Articles of » Parched (roasted) corn (grain)
Food » Articles of » Bread
Food » Articles of » Honey
Food » Articles of » Milk
Food » Articles of » Fish
So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,
Food » Articles of » Thanks given before receiving
When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat.
So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.
Food » Articles of » Dried fruit
Food » Articles of » Meat
Food » Of the worldly soul » Deceitful
Food » Articles of » Vinegar
Food » List of articles » Quail
Food » Of the worldly soul » Like ashes
Food » List of articles » Vegetables
Food » Of the worldly soul » Unsatisfying
Food » List of articles » Locusts
This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Food » Of the worldly soul » Husks
"And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
Food » Of the worldly soul » Perishable
"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."
Food » Articles of » A hymn sung afterward
Food » Articles of » Fruit
Israel » Complaints » Food
Lambs » Used for » Food
Oxen » Used for » Food
Sanitation » Food
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
"I am the Door. Whoever enters by me shall be saved, and he shall go in and come out and find pasture.
He who has ears, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no man knows, but he that receives it.
He who has an ear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat from the tree of life which is in the garden of God.
"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
Symbols and similitudes » Food
Trouble » Instances of » Food
Topics on Food
Bitter Food
Matthew 27:34they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.
Buying Food
Luke 22:36Then he said to them. "But now let him who has a purse take it, and he who has a wallet, let him the do the same. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.
Clean Food
Mark 7:19because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean.
Dividing Food
Matthew 14:19Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
Food Decaying
Luke 6:43"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.
Food Defined
Romans 14:2One man has faith to eat anything; but he whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
Food For Other gods
1 Corinthians 8:4Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One.
Food Offered To Idols
1 Corinthians 8:1-13Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up.
Food Permitted
Matthew 15:11"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
Forbidden Food
Acts 10:12In it were all kinds of quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and wild birds.
Gathering Food
Luke 3:17He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."
Giving Food And Drink
Matthew 14:16"They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat."
Grinding Food
Matthew 24:41Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.
Jesus As Food
John 6:35"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
Little Food
2 Corinthians 8:15even as it is written, He who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little did not lack.
No Food
2 Thessalonians 3:10For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."
People Providing Food
Matthew 25:35"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
Preparing Food
Matthew 26:17-19On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparation for you eat the Passover?"
Remaining Food
John 6:27"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."
Repulsive Food
Luke 15:16"And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
Right Living As Food
John 4:34Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Seeking Food
Matthew 6:31"Then do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'"
Shortage Other Than Food
Matthew 25:9"'Not so, answered the wise, 'for there may not be enough for you and for us. Go to the shops, rather, and buy some for yourselves.'
Stores Of Food
Luke 12:17"So he debated with himself saying, 'What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'
Thanking God For Food
Matthew 14:19Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
