30 Bible Verses about Eating

And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.

Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!

"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,

And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing 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 ointment.

Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away."

So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, "Lord, who is it?"

Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.

Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."

And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague.