Thematic Bible: Of appetite


Thematic Bible



And so did she year by year, as oft as she went up to the house of the LORD. And so chafed her: wherefore Hannah wept and ate not. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

But he refused it and said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman together compelled him, that he heard their voice. And so he arose from the earth and sat him on a bed. Verse ConceptsLost AppetiteBeds


Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door. Verse ConceptsGatesdiseasesGates Of DeathLost AppetiteNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

We remember the fish which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the cucumbers and melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitFishesVegetablesLooking BackwardPeople RememberingFree Of ChargeComplainingFish

A troublous soul disquieteth herself; for her own mouth hath brought her thereto. Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerMotivationhunger

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Verse ConceptsHarvestLipsMouthsStomachsPowers Of SpeechBeing Positive


"They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again." Verse ConceptsAlcoholInsensibilityAccepting BeatingsAbsence Of FeelingWake Up!AlcoholicsOvercomingHurtFeeling Losthurtingdrunkards

All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind. Verse ConceptsBeing UnsatisfiedFamine ComingWorking For FoodFamine Will ComeAddictioneffort

In conclusion: it shall be even as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating, and when he awaketh his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth that he is drinking, and when he awaketh he yet is faint, and his soul hath appetite. So is the multitude of all people that muster themselves against the hill of Zion. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerBeing UnsatisfiedLike A Dream

"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more." Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFalse ConfidenceExcessWineSelf DelusionStrong DrinkFake Friendstomorrowbeeralcoholismdrunkards