21 Bible Verses about Eating
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Therefore when you meet together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat, for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? No, I will not.
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves an example for you to follow.read more.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat."
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
Therefore let no one judge you in questions of food or drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. These things are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience;
Eating » Reclining on couches
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
Then, leaning back on the breast of Jesus, he said to him, "Lord, who is it?"
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
Eating » The host acting as waiter
Eating » Ablutions before
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
Eating » Sitting at table
Eating » Table used in
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
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Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he cried to all the birds that fly in midheaven, "Come, gather for the great supper of God,
Birds Eating
Matthew 13:4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
Eating And Drinking
1 Corinthians 15:32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take; this is my body."
Eating Corpses
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he cried to all the birds that fly in midheaven, "Come, gather for the great supper of God,
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Luke 16:19"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to fall.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
Pots For Cooking And Eating
Matthew 14:8Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
