Job 30:4
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
2 Kings 4:38-39
And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
Luke 15:16
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
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Summary
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
For their meat
Bible References
For their meat
2 Kings 4:38
And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
Luke 15:16
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.