54 Bible Verses about Satisfaction

Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.

This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and Jehovah your God will bless you in everything you do.

Finish paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing. Then you shall give it to the Levite, the stranger, and the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever.

They wander around to find food. If they are not full enough, they will stay all night.

The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven.

I will greatly bless all that Zion needs. I will satisfy its needy people with food.

He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.

For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone filled with sorrow.

When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

Jehovah answered his people: Behold, I will send you grain, new wine and oil. You will be satisfied with it. I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

You will eat and not be satisfied. Your stomach will still be empty. You will put away and yet will not save. That which you save I will give to the sword.

You water the mountains from your upper chambers. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works.

Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm? Who waters a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it? Who satisfies a desolate wasteland to make it sprout with grass?

You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse and be satisfied at her full breasts.

That day belongs to Jehovah of Hosts. It is a day of vengeance when he will take revenge on his enemies. His sword will devour until it has had enough, and it will drink their blood until it is full. The Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will offer them as sacrifices in the north by the Euphrates River.

I will bring the people of Israel back to their pastures. They will eat on Mount Carmel and Mount Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the mountains of Ephraim and Gilead.

You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.

Soldiers also asked him: What must we do? And he said: Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.

I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me. You did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity. I am not saying this because I am in need; for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am. I know how to be poor. I also know how to live with abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have abundance and to suffer need.read more.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Godliness with contentment is great gain. We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out. We should be content with having food and covering.

I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.

([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water. I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory. My lips will praise you because your love (mercy) (loving kindness) (steadfast love) is better than life.read more.
So I will bless (thank) you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands [in prayer] in your name. You satisfy me with the richest foods. My mouth will sing your praise with joyful lips.

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries. Those who hate Jehovah would pretend obedience (submission) to him. Their time of punishment would be long lasting.read more.
I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

Satisfy us every morning with your loving kindness so that we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.

Respect for Jehovah leads to life. He who has it will be satisfied. He will not be visited by evil.

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her: Please give me a drink. His disciples went away to the city to buy meat. The woman of Samaria asked: How is it that you being a Jew ask for a drink from me? I am a woman of Samaria. [The Jews did not associate with Samaritans.] (Not in early manuscripts.)read more.
Jesus answered: If you know the gift of God and who asked you for a drink, you would have asked him to give you living water. The woman said to him: Sir, you do not have anything with which to draw water and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well. He and his children and cattle drank from it. Jesus answered: Whoever drinks from this water will thirst again. But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman said to him: Sir, give me this water! That way I will not thirst and not come here to draw.

You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

When you have eaten all you want, thank Jehovah your God for the good land he has given you.

I will provide grass in the fields for your animals. You will be able to eat and be filled.

I will satisfy you with a long life. I will show you my salvation.

Let them praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.

Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday. Jehovah will continually guide you. He will satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

Evening came and the disciples approached Jesus and said: This place is desolate. Send the people away so they may go to the villages and buy themselves food. Jesus told them: They have no need to go away: you feed them. They remarked: We have only five loaves, and two fishes.read more.
Bring them to me, Jesus replied. He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples to distribute to the crowd. And they all had plenty to eat. In fact they had twelve baskets full of food left over.

Late in the day his disciples approached him. They said: The day is almost over and we are in a secluded place. Send them away that they may go to the country and villages nearby and buy themselves something to eat. He replied: You give them food to eat. They asked: Should we buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread to feed them?read more.
He said Find out how many loaves you have? When they knew they said Five loaves and two fishes. He commanded them to sit down by groups upon the green grass. They sat down in groups of hundreds, and fifties. Then he looked up to heaven and blessed the food. He took the five loaves and the two fishes, and broke the loaves into pieces and gave them to his disciples. He also divided the two fishes. He gave the food to his disciples to serve to the people. They all ate and were filled. They collected twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread and fishes. Five thousand men ate.

As the day wore on the twelve came to him and said: Send the people away, that they may go into the villages and country nearby to find lodging and get food, for we are here in a lonely place. He said to them: You feed them. They replied: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes unless we should go and buy food for all these people. There were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.read more.
They did so, and made them all sit down. He took the five loaves and the two fishes. Looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke the bread. Then he gave them to the disciples to pass out to the crowd. They ate and were all filled. Twelve baskets of left over pieces remained.

Jesus called his disciples and said: I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way. The disciples replied: Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd? Jesus asked: How many loaves do you have? They said: Seven, and a few small fish.read more.
He told the people to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves and the fish and offered a prayer of thanksgiving. Then he broke them and gave them to the disciples. The disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied. When they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, there were seven large baskets full.

Jesus said: I am concerned for these people because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. If I send them away to their houses with no food they will be weak and faint. Some of them have a long way to go. His disciples answered, How could we get enough bread in this desolate place?read more.
Jesus responded: How much bread do you have? They said: Seven loaves. He made the people sit on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He gave the broken bread to his disciples and they served the people. They had some small fish. After blessing them he had them serve the people in the same way. After eating they picked up seven baskets full of food.

They will throw their gold and silver away in the streets like garbage (like an abhorrent thing), because neither silver nor gold can save them when Jehovah pours out his fury. They cannot use it to satisfy their desires or fill their stomachs. Gold and silver led them into sin.

A member of the crowd said: Teacher, help my brother divide the inheritance with me. Then he said: Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.read more.
He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well. He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits? He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there. I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?' He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.

We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out. We should be content with having food and covering. Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.read more.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The grave and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough! The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that does not say: It is enough.

Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.

He made the one who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf. That way we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Such a high priest as this was suitable for us. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and higher than the heavens. He does not have a day-by-day need as the high priests do, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then for those of the people. He sacrificed for sin once for all when he offered up himself. The Law appoints men as high priests who have weakness. But the oath that came after the Law appointed the Son who is perfect forever.

Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are now here. He also went into a much better tent that is not made by humans and does not belong to this creation. He went once and forever into the Most Holy Place having eternal salvation. It is not with the blood of goats and young bulls, but with his blood. The blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes from the burning of a young cow, sprinkled on the unclean made them outwardly clean.read more.
The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.

We are sanctified by his will through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.