30 Bible Verses about Eating
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who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers did not know, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end.
And LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.
When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper. For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken. For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
For ye yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us. Because we did not act disorderly among you, nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you. Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.read more.
For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. For there were who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain that we may eat and live.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise LORD who seek after him. Let your heart live forever.
A righteous man eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want.
And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied. And shall praise the name of LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never be put to shame.
Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.
From Thematic Bible
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.
Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Eat everything being sold in a meat market, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience,
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties.
Eating » Reclining on couches
who lay upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall,
And behold, a woman in the city who was sinful. And when she knew that he sat in the Pharisee's house, having brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and having stood behind near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. And she kissed his feet much, and anointed them with the ointment.
Therefore they shall now go captive with the first who go captive, and the revelry of those who stretched themselves shall pass away.
And that man, having leaned thus toward Jesus' breast, says to him, Lord, who is he?
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
And he took [and sent] portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Eating » The host acting as waiter
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
Eating » Ablutions before
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
Eating » Sitting at table
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to revel.
Eating » Table used in
And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [scraps] under my table. As I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of LORD was kindled against the people, and LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Topics on Eating
Animals Eating
Exodus 22:5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.
Animals Eating People
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits. And we will say, An evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Birds Eating
Genesis 40:19Within yet three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Eating And Drinking
Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor. [It] is the gift of God.
Eating Before God
Exodus 12:4And if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls, according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
Eating Cattle
1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they were eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, he broke in pieces, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat, this is my body.
Eating Corpses
Genesis 40:19Within yet three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which LORD thy God has blessed thee.
Eating Forbidden Food
Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.
Eating With Mouths
Psalm 81:10I am LORD thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
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