Job 30:4

“They pluck [and eat] saltwort (mallows) among the bushes,
And their food is the root of the broom shrub.

2 Kings 4:38-39

Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Amos 7:14

Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet [by profession], nor am I a prophet’s son; I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

Luke 15:16

He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.

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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

Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet [by profession], nor am I a prophet’s son; I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.