30 Bible Verses about Eating
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who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you and so that He might prove you, to do you good in your latter end,
And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden, but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Therefore when you come together into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry, and another drunken. For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise you!
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us. For we did not behave ourselves disorderly among you, neither did we eat any man's bread freely, but we worked with labor and travail night and day, so that we might not be heavy on any of you (not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, to imitate us).read more.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. For certain ones said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain for them, so that we may eat and live.
And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
My heart is stricken, and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, who has dealt with you wonderfully; and My people shall never be ashamed.
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths. For these are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And He said to His disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious as to your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall put on.
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you; and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no question for conscience' sake;
Let not my heart turn aside to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
Eating » Reclining on couches
who lie on beds of ivory, and those sprawling on their couches, and eat lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
And behold, a woman, a sinner in the city, knowing that He reclined in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vial of ointment. And she stood behind Him, weeping at His feet, and she began to wash His feet with tears and wipe them with the hair of her head. And she ardently kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment.
So now they shall go into exile with the first of the exiles. And the feast of those who stretch themselves shall cease.
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
And one took portions to them from before him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as 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 your 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 Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered 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
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very great plague.
Topics on Eating
Animals Eating
Exodus 22:5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man's field; he shall repay from the best of his own field, and the best of his own vineyard.
Animals Eating People
Genesis 37:20Therefore come now, and let us kill him, and throw him into some pit, 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 Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.
Eating And Drinking
Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
Eating Before God
Exodus 12:4And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take according to the number of the souls, each one, according to the eating of his mouth, you shall count concerning the lamb.
Eating Cattle
1 Kings 4:23ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fattened fowl.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they ate, Jesus took a loaf and blessed and broke it, and He gave to them and said, Take, eat; this is My body.
Eating Corpses
Genesis 40:19Yet within three days Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Deuteronomy 12:7And there you shall eat before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households in which Jehovah your God has blessed you.
Eating Forbidden Food
Genesis 2:17but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, that I do not offend my brother.
Eating With Mouths
Psalm 81:10I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50This is the Bread which comes down from Heaven, so that a man may eat of it and not die.
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