Thematic Bible: Of appetite


Thematic Bible



So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants together with the woman urged him, and he [finally] listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed. Verse ConceptsLost AppetiteBeds


My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionForgettingEatingdrynessdiseasesBlightGrassLost AppetitePeople WitheredGrass WitheredForgetting ThingsLike Grass


They detested all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
Verse ConceptsGatesdiseasesGates Of DeathLost AppetiteNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

We remember the fish we ate freely and without cost in Egypt, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitFishesVegetablesLooking BackwardPeople RememberingFree Of ChargeComplainingFish


The appetite of a worker works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.
Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerMotivationhunger


A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
He will be satisfied with the consequence of his words.
Verse ConceptsHarvestLipsMouthsStomachsPowers Of SpeechBeing Positive


For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
Verse ConceptsKnifesDelight, God ExpressingKnivesDietsOverweightObesityEtiquetteovereating


“They struck me, but I was not hurt!
They beat me, but I did not feel it!
When will I wake up?
I will seek more wine.”
Verse ConceptsAlcoholInsensibilityAccepting BeatingsAbsence Of FeelingWake Up!AlcoholicsOvercomingHurtFeeling Losthurtingdrunkards

All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied. Verse ConceptsBeing UnsatisfiedFamine ComingWorking For FoodFamine Will ComeAddictioneffort


It will be as when a hungry man dreams
That he is eating,
But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams
That he is drinking,
But when he awakens, in fact, he is faint
And his thirst is not quenched.
So will the multitude of all the nations be
Who fight against Mount Zion.
Verse ConceptsBad DreamsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerBeing UnsatisfiedLike A Dream


“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFalse ConfidenceExcessWineSelf DelusionStrong DrinkFake Friendstomorrowbeeralcoholismdrunkards