30 Bible Verses about Eating
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who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, a food which thy fathers knew not, afflicting thee and proving thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
And the 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 shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
So that when ye come together in one place, this is not eating the Lord's supper. For in eating, each one takes his own supper first: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? Do ye not have houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the congregation of God and shame those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
For you know in what manner you ought to imitate us, for we did not walk disorderly among you, neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, Not because we did not have authority, but to give you an example that you might imitate us.read more.
For even when we were with you, this we declared unto you, that if anyone desires not to work neither should he eat.
whose end shall be perdition, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).
Then there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren, the Jews. For there were some that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many; therefore we have bought 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 and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread.
Nun I have been young and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
The righteous eats until his soul is satisfied, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God that has dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never again be ashamed.
Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or of the new moon or of the sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of the Christ.
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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee; and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.
Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatever ye do, do everything for the glory of God.
Whatever is sold in the market, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake;
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to do works with ungodliness with the men that work iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.
Eating » Reclining on couches
that lie 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 who had been a sinner in the city, when she knew that Jesus sat at food in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping and began to wash his feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Therefore now they shall go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of those that stretched themselves upon their couches shall be removed.
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
And he took and sent portions unto them from before him; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were drunk 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 next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play.
Eating » Table used in
And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered crumbs under my table; as I have done, so God has recompensed me. And they put him into Jerusalem, and there he died.
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the 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 put in his beast and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution.
Animals Eating People
Genesis 37:20now therefore, come and let us slay him and cast him into a cistern, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Birds Eating
Genesis 40:19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh 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 the good of all his labour; it is the gift of God.
Eating Before God
Exodus 12:4and if the household is too small and is not able to eat the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of persons; each one according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Eating Cattle
1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures and one hundred sheep beside harts and roebucks and fallowdeer and fatted fowl.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, blessing it, broke it and gave to them and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Eating Corpses
Genesis 40:19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh 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 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and that ye are not your own?
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Deuteronomy 12:7and there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye and your households shall rejoice in every work of your hands in which the LORD thy God has blessed thee.
Eating Forbidden Food
Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if food makes my brother to fall, I will never eat flesh nor do anything which may cause my brother to fall.
Eating With Mouths
Psalm 81:10I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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