21 Bible Verses about Eating
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Again, when you meet together, there is no true eating of the Lord's Supper; for each one of you begins to eat his own supper; one goes hungry, while another gets drunk. What! Have you no houses in which to eat or drink? or do you wish to show your contempt for the church of God, and to shame those who have no homes to eat in? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I certainly do not praise you.
For you know well how you must imitate me. For I did not lead an idle or disorderly life among you; I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you. Not that I have no right to such support; it was simply to give you an example for you to imitate.read more.
For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."
Their end is destruction, their belly is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are set on earthly things.
Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or sabbaths. These were a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.
Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to do it all for the glory of God.
Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;
Eating » Reclining on couches
Now there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner and when she knew that that Jesus was reclining at meat in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vase of perfume, and standing behind, at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with her hair, while she tenderly kissed his feet, and poured the perfume over them.
So that disciples just leaned back against Jesus' breast and 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 keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"
Eating » Sitting at table
Eating » Table used in
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
Topics on Eating
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who shouted in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, "Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God,
Birds Eating
Matthew 13:4and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
Eating And Drinking
1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good does it do me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, For we shall be dead tomorrow.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they were eating he took bread, and after the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "Take it, this is my body."
Eating Corpses
Revelation 19:17-18And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who shouted in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, "Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God,
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you, the Spirit whom you have from God?
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Luke 16:19"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.
Pots For Cooking And Eating
Matthew 14:8So, prompted by her mother, the girl said, "Give me at once, upon a dish, the head of John the Baptist."
