43 Bible Verses about hunger
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Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat.
The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.
And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
If any man hunger, let him eat at home, that ye come not together unto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place,
who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. The LORD looseth men out of prison;
The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.
He humbled thee and made thee hunger and fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy father knew of, to make thee know that a man must not live by bread only: but by all that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD must a man live.
A troublous soul disquieteth herself; for her own mouth hath brought her thereto.
"Behold, the time cometh," sayeth the LORD God, "that I shall send a hunger into the earth. Not the hunger of bread, nor the thirst of water: but a hunger to hear the word of the LORD.
I can both cast down myself, I can also exceed. Everywhere, and in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry: to have plenty, and to suffer need.
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.
in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.
For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me.
Thou salt eat, and not have enough: yea, thou shalt bring thyself down. Thou shalt flee, but not escape: and those that thou wouldest save, will I deliver to the sword.
Men do not utterly despise a thief, that stealeth to satisfy his soul, when he is hungry:
There shall neither hunger nor thirst, heat nor Sun hurt them. For he that favoureth them shall lead them, and give them drink of the spring wells.
For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me not.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword?
He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing is sweet.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or harborless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto thee?'
and said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."
Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day.
therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.
Then waxed he a hungered, and would have eaten. But while they made ready for him, he fell into a trance,
Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.
{Tet} They that be slain with the sword, are happier than such as die of hunger, and perish away famishing for the fruits of the field.
If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that therein is.
Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents.
The righteous eateth, and is satisfied; but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
and was forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days ate he nothing: And when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
and was forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days ate he nothing: And when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath always unto thy judgments.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee.
My soul lusteth after thee all the night long, and my mind hasteth freely to thee. For as soon as thy judgment is known to the world, then the inhabiters of the earth learn righteousness.
and as newborn babes desire that reasonable milk which is without corruption, that ye may be grown therein.
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be ascribed to him that sitteth upon the seat of our God, and unto the lamb." And all the angels stood in the compass of the seat, and of the elders and of the four beasts, and fell before the seat on their faces, and worshipped God, read more.
saying, amen, "Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanks, and honour, and power and might, be unto our God, for evermore, amen." And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, "What are these which are arrayed in long white garments, and whence came they?" And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb: therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwell among them. They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat. For the lamb which is in the midst of the seat, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto fountains of living water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.
Hunger » Physical
In that time went Jesus, on the Sabbath day, through the corn; and his disciples were a hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.
Then waxed he a hungered, and would have eaten. But while they made ready for him, he fell into a trance,
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They offered unto field-devils and not to God; and to gods which they knew not; and to new gods that came newly up, which their fathers feared not. Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgot God that made thee. And when the LORD saw it, he was angry because of the provoking of his sons and daughters. read more.
And he said, 'I will hide my face from them and will see what their end shall be. For they are a froward generation, and children in whom is no faith. They have angered me with that which is no god; and provoked me with their vanities. And I, again, will anger them with them which are no people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation. For fire is kindled in my wrath: and shall burn unto the bottom of hell; and shall consume the earth with her increase; and set afire the bottoms of the mountains. I will heap mischiefs upon them and will spend all mine arrows at them. Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents.
But as for you, ye are they that have forsaken the LORD, and forgotten my holy hill. Ye have set up an altar to Fortune, and given rich drink offerings unto the planets. Therefore will I number you with the sword, that ye shall be destroyed all together. For when I called, no man gave me answer: when I spake, ye hearkened not unto me, but did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the thing that pleased me not. Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.
But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation. Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
and as newborn babes desire that reasonable milk which is without corruption, that ye may be grown therein.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Come to the waters, all ye that be thirsty, and ye that have no money. Come buy, that ye may have to eat. Come buy wine and milk, without any money, or money worth. Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.
Hunger » Of jesus
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungered. Then came to him the tempter, and said, "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread." He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'"
and was forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days ate he nothing: And when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, command this stone that it be bread." And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word of God.'"
Hunger » Hungry souls
He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing is sweet.
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he satisfieth the greedy soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat. For the lamb which is in the midst of the seat, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto fountains of living water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
A troublous soul disquieteth herself; for her own mouth hath brought her thereto.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6And now what hast thou under thine hand? Give me five loaves of bread or what cometh to hand."
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If any man hunger, let him eat at home, that ye come not together unto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2and as newborn babes desire that reasonable milk which is without corruption, that ye may be grown therein.