Thematic Bible: Victuals


Thematic Bible




Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals



But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.” Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationUnclean SpiritsFar Be It!Forbidden FoodLack Of HolinessDefilementEating Meatporkbugspeter

You shall not eat any detestable thing. Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfDisgustEating Forbidden Food

but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you. Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean AnimalsFish

She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded.” Verse ConceptsStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beverages



Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; Verse ConceptsNutritionBearing Bad FruitSeedFood DefinedGod Giving FreelyDinosaursHerbsAntibioticsGod's CreationPlanting SeedsSeedsTaking Care Of The EarthSowing SeedsveganismMarijuana

Who gives food to all flesh,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Verse ConceptsNutritionAnimal LifeGifts From God, TemporalGod Feeds All The Earthdevotion


“For by these He judges peoples;
He gives food in abundance.
Verse ConceptsGod Feeds All The Earth

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the labor of man,
So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Growth From GodGrassPlantsProvidence, Of God In NatureCattleCultivationGod Feeds All The EarthHerbsServiceGrowingspringtime

Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGrainWeights And Measures, DryTen ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes.” Verse ConceptsFoodBakersBakingWeights And Measures, DryHasty ActionKneading DoughThree Other ThingsHurrying Others OnOther Volume Measures

For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. Verse ConceptsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7anniversary

Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWagesLittle FoodNo FoodGrace Being SufficientWorth

So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread. Verse ConceptsBakingCoal, Uses OfCharcoalFishcooking

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish


Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholButterRamsDairyDrinking WineRich Food

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.” Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired


You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand. Verse ConceptsGrainWineTithes And Offering

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. Verse ConceptsRaisinsCakesDried FruitThree Days And Nightsrevival

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. Verse ConceptsFoodAlmondsBalmsHerbs And SpicesMyrrhHoneyAlmond Trees

When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. Verse ConceptsCarcass, Literal UseBeesInsectsHoneyCorpses Of Animals

Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them. Verse ConceptsCheeseDairyTen ThingsTelling Of Happenings

‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. Verse ConceptsGoatsFlourFoodBrothWeights And Measures, DryEphah [Ten Omers]Those Who Provided A Mealgideon

ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. Verse ConceptsHeadsMangersTen AnimalsTwentyOne HundredEating CattleDeer Etc.Deer

He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. Verse ConceptsSummerPeople EndedLooking And SeeingNot SparingSummer Fruit

The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink.” Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

The people spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitFishesVegetablesLooking BackwardPeople RememberingFree Of ChargeComplainingFish

Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree