1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid in the field; and when the New Moon [festival] came, the king sat down to eat food.

Psalm 50:16-21

But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace
Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].
How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience];
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].

Zechariah 7:6

When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves [to satisfy your own needs]?

John 18:28

Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium (governor’s palace). Now it was early and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium so that they would not be [ceremonially] unclean, but might [be able to] eat [and participate in the Feast of Unleavened Bread which began after] the Passover [supper].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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