Thematic Bible: Victuals


Thematic Bible



Therefore, be careful not to drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything [ceremonially] unclean. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

Nevertheless, you are not to eat these, among those which chew the cud or divide the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is [ceremonially] unclean to you. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals


He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord. Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofAnimals Torn To PiecesDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsI Am The LordForbidden Foodnatural DeathDeath Of A Family MemberEating Meat

But Peter said, “Not at all, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common (unholy) and [ceremonially] unclean.” Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationUnclean SpiritsFar Be It!Forbidden FoodLack Of HolinessDefilementEating Meatporkbugspeter

“You shall not eat anything that is detestable [to the Lord and forbidden by Him]. Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfDisgustEating Forbidden Food

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

She may not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, nor eat anything [ceremonially] unclean. She shall observe everything that I commanded her.” Verse ConceptsStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beverages



So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire 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 endures forever;
Verse ConceptsNutritionAnimal LifeGifts From God, TemporalGod Feeds All The Earthdevotion


The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation],
And You give them their food in due time.
Verse ConceptsPrayer, As A Response To GodOrderliness In CreationGifts From God, TemporalRight Time For GodBelief In God


“For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples;
He gives food in abundance.
Verse ConceptsGod Feeds All The Earth


He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring 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 for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread and run quickly 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, get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it and bake 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, “Two hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.” Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWagesLittle FoodNo FoodGrace Being SufficientWorth

So when they got out on the beach, they saw a charcoal fire set up and fish on it cooking, and bread. Verse ConceptsBakingCoal, Uses OfCharcoalFishcooking

Or if he asks for a fish, will [instead] give him a snake? Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish



Butter and 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 you drank wine, the blood of grapes.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholButterRamsDairyDrinking WineRich Food

honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and 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 forbidden to eat within your [city] 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, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand. Verse ConceptsGrainWineTithes And Offering

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, 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

and they gave him a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his energy returned, for he had not eaten bread or had any water to drink 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 choicest products of the land in your sacks, and carry it as a present [of tribute] to the man [representing Pharaoh], a little balm and a little honey, aromatic spices or gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds. Verse ConceptsFoodAlmondsBalmsHerbs And SpicesMyrrhHoneyAlmond Trees

When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to see 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

Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the unit. See how your brothers are doing and bring back news of them. Verse ConceptsCheeseDairyTen ThingsTelling Of Happenings


‘Have You not poured me out like milk
And curdled me like cheese?
Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

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

ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep not counting fallow deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. Verse ConceptsHeadsMangersTen AnimalsTwentyOne HundredEating CattleDeer Etc.Deer

And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” 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 [for the nation is ripe for judgment]. Verse ConceptsSummerPeople EndedLooking And SeeingNot SparingSummer Fruit

The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household (family) to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for anyone to drink who becomes weary in the wilderness.” Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

The people spent all that day and all night and all the next day and caught and gathered the quail (the one who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves around the camp [to cure them by drying]. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

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

Now this same John had clothing made of camel’s hair and a [wide] leather band around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree