42 Bible Verses about Food
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This was another parable which Jesus related-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."
And the merchants of the earth weep and wail over her, because no longer does any one buy their cargoes-- their cargoes of gold, or silver, or precious stones, or pearls, or fine linen, or purple robes, or silk, or scarlet cloth; nor their many scented woods; nor their many articles of ivory; nor their many articles of choicest wood, or brass, or iron, or marble; nor their cinnamon, or spice, or incense, or perfumes. or frankincense, or wine, or oil, or fine flour, or wheat, or cattle, or sheep; nor their horses, or chariots, or slaves; nor the bodies and souls of men.
In my judgment, therefore, we should not add to the difficulties of those Gentiles who are turning to God, But we should write to them to abstain from food that has been polluted by being sacrificed to idols, from impurity, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from blood.
As to the Gentiles who have become believers in Christ, we have sent our decision that they should avoid food offered to idols, and blood, and the flesh of strangled animals, and impurity."
With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character. If a man thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet reached that knowledge which he ought to have reached. On the other hand, if a man loves God, he is known by God.read more.
With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols-we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one. Even supposing that there are so-called 'gods' either in Heaven or on earth-and there are many such 'gods' and 'lords'- Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live). Still, it is not every one that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled. What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it. But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak. For if some one should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is a weak man, become so hardened that he, too, will eat food offered to idols? And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak man is ruined-your Brother for whose sake Christ died! In this way, by sinning against your Brothers and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.
Yet I have a few things against you--You have among you those who hold to the Teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put temptations in the way of the Israelites, so that they should eat idol-offerings and commit licentious acts.
From Thematic Bible
Food » Grace before » of priests
Food » From God
The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother.
Look at the wild birds--they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?
and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth. Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected--provided only that it is received thankfully; for it is consecrated by God's blessing and by prayer.
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."
Food » Grace before » Blessings (grace) before meals
Jesus ordered the people to take their seats on the grass; and, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to Heaven, and said the blessing, and, after he had broken the loaves, gave them to his disciples; and they gave them to the crowds.
Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat;
And, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said "This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."
Food » List of articles » Bread
"Twenty pounds' worth of bread," answered Philip, "would not be enough for each of them to have a little."
Food » List of articles » Sumptuous
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.
Food » List of articles » Fish
They handed him a piece of broiled fish,
Food » Different meals » Mid-day repast
Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.
Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him: "Take something to eat, Rabbi."
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 pressed him not to do so. "Stay with us," they said, "for it is getting towards evening, and the sun in already low." So Jesus went in to stay with them. After he had taken his place at table with them, he took the bread and said the blessing, and broke it, and gave it to them.
Food » Articles of » Prepared by females
Food » List of articles » Honey
Food » Articles of » Herbs
Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
One man's faith permits of his eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.
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, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left."
He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till 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
They handed him a piece of broiled fish,
Food » Articles of » Thanks given before receiving
With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat;
Jesus told the crowd to sit down upon the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out 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
John wore clothing made of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Food » Of the worldly soul » Husks
He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
Food » Of the worldly soul » Perishable
Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."
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; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.
Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give him a white stone; and on the stone shall be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except him who receives it."
Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give the right 'to eat the fruit of the Tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God.' "
I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."
Symbols and similitudes » Food
Trouble » Instances of » Food
Topics on Food
Bitter Food
Matthew 27:34they gave him some wine to drink which had been mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it.
Buying Food
Luke 22:36"Now, however," he said, "he who has a purse must take it and his bag as well; and he who has not must sell his cloak and buy a sword.
Clean Food
Mark 7:19Because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?--in saying this Jesus pronounced all food 'clean.'
Dividing Food
Matthew 14:19Jesus ordered the people to take their seats on the grass; and, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to Heaven, and said the blessing, and, after he had broken the loaves, gave them to his disciples; and they gave them to the crowds.
Food Decaying
Luke 6:43There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.
Food Defined
Romans 14:2One man's faith permits of his eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.
Food For Other gods
1 Corinthians 8:4With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols-we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Food Offered To Idols
1 Corinthians 8:1-13With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.
Food Permitted
Matthew 15:11It is not what enters a man's mouth that 'defiles' him, but what comes out from his mouth--that does defile him!"
Gathering Food
Luke 3:17His winnowing-fan is in his hand, that he may clear his threshing-floor, and store the grain in his barn, but the chaff he will burn with inextinguishable fire."
Giving Food And Drink
Matthew 14:16But Jesus said: "They need not go away, it is for you to give them something to eat."
Grinding Food
Matthew 24:41Of two women grinding with the hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
Jesus As Food
John 6:35"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.
Little Food
2 Corinthians 8:15As Scripture says--'The man who had much had nothing over, and the man who had little did not lack!'
No Food
2 Thessalonians 3:10Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'
People Providing Food
Matthew 25:35For, when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger, you took me to your homes;
Preparing Food
Matthew 26:17-19On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said: "Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
Remaining Food
John 6:27Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."
Repulsive Food
Luke 15:16He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
Right Living As Food
John 4:34"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
Seeking Food
Matthew 6:31Do not then ask anxiously 'What can we get to eat?' or 'What can we get to drink?' or 'What can we get to wear?'
Shortage Other Than Food
Matthew 25:9But the prudent ones answered 'No, for fear that there will not be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell it, and buy for yourselves.'
Stores Of Food
Luke 12:17And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
Thanking God For Food
Matthew 14:19Jesus ordered the people to take their seats on the grass; and, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to Heaven, and said the blessing, and, after he had broken the loaves, gave them to his disciples; and they gave them to the crowds.
