43 Bible Verses about hunger
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Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
"Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he has destroyed you.
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
[They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
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Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, read more.
saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen." One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
Hunger » Physical
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers didn't dread. Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth. Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. read more.
He said, "I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire. "I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them. [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
"But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny; I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight." Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
"But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Hunger » Of jesus
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"
Hunger » Hungry souls
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present."
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,