Job 30:4
those plucking mallows by the bushes, and broom roots 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
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son. But I was a herdsman and a gatherer from sycamore trees.
Luke 15:16
And he was longing to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, 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
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son. But I was a herdsman and a gatherer from sycamore trees.
Luke 15:16
And he was longing to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, and no one gave to him.