Job 30:4
Plucking off sea purslain upon the shrub, the root of broom their bread.
2 Kings 4:38-39
And Elisha turned back to Gilgal. And the famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets sitting before him: and he will say to his boy, Place the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores.
Luke 15:16
And he eagerly desired to fill his belly with the fruits of the horntree which the swine ate: and none 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 turned back to Gilgal. And the famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets sitting before him: and he will say to his boy, Place the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores.
Luke 15:16
And he eagerly desired to fill his belly with the fruits of the horntree which the swine ate: and none gave to him.