Job 30:4
Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots is their food.
2 Kings 4:38-39
And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine is in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, 'Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'
Amos 7:14
And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son am I, but a herdsman I am, and a cultivator of sycamores,
Luke 15:16
and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving 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 hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine is in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, 'Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'
Amos 7:14
And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son am I, but a herdsman I am, and a cultivator of sycamores,
Luke 15:16
and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.