30 Bible Verses about Eating

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Deuteronomy 8:16

which fed thee in the wilderness with Manna whereof thy fathers knew not, for to humble thee and to prove thee, that he might do thee good at thy latter end.

Genesis 2:16-17

And the LORD God commanded Adam, saying, "Of all the trees of the garden see thou eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and bad see that thou eat not: For even the same day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die.

1 Corinthians 11:20-22

When ye come together in one place, a man cannot eat the Lord's supper. For every man beginneth afore to eat his own supper. And one is hungry, and another is drunken. Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or else despise ye the congregation of God? And shame them that have not? What shall I say unto you? Shall I praise you? In this praise I you not.

2 Thessalonians 3:7-10

Ye yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: For we behaved not ourselves inordinately among you. Neither took we bread of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and travail night and day, because we would not be grievous to any of you: not but that we had authority: but to make ourselves an example unto you, to follow us.read more.
For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.

Nehemiah 5:1-2

And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews. For there were some that said, "Our sons and daughters and we are too many, let us take corn for them to eat, that we may live."

Psalm 22:26

The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek after the LORD shall praise him. Your heart shall live for ever.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth, and is satisfied; but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough.

Joel 2:26

And ye shall eat and have enough and praise the name of the LORD your God, which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people shall not be in shame forever.

Colossians 2:16-17

Let no man therefore trouble your consciences about meat and drink: or for a piece of a holy day, as the holy day of the new moon, or of the Sabbath day: which are nothing but shadows of things to come. But the body is in Christ.

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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating

Luke 12:22

And he spake unto his disciples, "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat: Neither for your body, what ye shall put on.

Proverbs 23:1-2

When thou sittest at the table to eat with a lord, order thyself mannerly with the things that are set before thee. Measure thine appetite:

1 Corinthians 10:25

Whatsoever is sold in the market, that eat, and ask no questions for conscience sake.

Psalm 141:4

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

Eating » Reclining on couches

Amos 6:4

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

Luke 7:37-38

And behold a woman in that city, which was a sinner, as soon as she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster box of ointment, and she stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.

Amos 6:7

Therefore now shall ye be the first of them, that shall be led away captive, and the lusty cheer of the willful shall come to an end.

John 13:25

He then, as he leaned on Jesus' breast, said unto him, "Lord who is it?"

Eating » Favored guests served a double portion

Genesis 43:34

And they brought rewards unto them from before him: but Benjamin's part was five times so much as any of theirs. And they ate and they drank, and were drunk with him.

Eating » The host acting as waiter

Genesis 18:8

And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stood himself by them under the tree: and they ate.

Eating » Ablutions before

Matthew 15:2

"Why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? For they wash not their hands, when they eat bread."

Eating » Sitting at table

Exodus 32:6

And they rose up in the morning and offered burnt offerings, and brought offerings of atonement also. And then they sat them down to eat and drink, and rose up again to play.

Eating » Table used in

Judges 1:7

Then Adonibezek said, "Three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table wherefore as I have done so God hath done to me again." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail

Numbers 11:33

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, yer it was chewed up, the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon the people, and the LORD slew of the people an exceeding mighty slaughter.

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Animals Eating

Exodus 22:5

If a man do hurt field or vineyard, so that he put in his beast to 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 37:20

come now and let us slay him and cast him into some pit, and let us say that some wicked beast hath devoured him, and let us see what his dreams will come to."

Birds Eating

Genesis 40:19

for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

Eating Before God

Exodus 12:4

If the household be too few for a sheep, then let him and his neighbor that is next unto this house, take according to the number of souls, and count unto a sheep according to every man's eating.

Eating Cattle

1 Kings 4:23

ten stalled oxen, and twenty out of the pastures and a hundred sheep and goats, besides harts, bucks and buballs and fat poultry.

Eating Corpses

Genesis 40:19

for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

Eating Disorders

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Either, know ye not how that your bodies are the temple of the holy ghost, which is in you, whom he have of God, and how that ye are not your own?

Eating Drinking And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 12:7

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye lay your hands on, both ye and your households, because the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Eating Meat

1 Corinthians 8:13

Wherefore if meat hurt my brother, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, because I will not hurt my brother.

Eating, Metaphorical Use

John 6:50

This, is that bread which cometh from heaven: that he which of it eateth, should also not die.

Jesus Eating

Luke 24:40-43

And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands, and his feet.

People Eating

John 4:31

And in the meanwhile his disciples prayed him, saying, "Master, eat."

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