Job 30:4

They plucked mallow among the shrubs,
and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

2 Kings 4:38-39

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet. He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Amos 7:14

So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.

Luke 15:16

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

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Summary

Job 30:4

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

For their meat

2 Kings 4:38

Amos 7:14

Luke 15:16

Bible References

For their meat

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet.

He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet;

rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.