30 Bible Verses about Eating
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Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest 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 eatest of it thou shalt surely die.
When therefore ye come together in one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before another his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but wrought with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.read more.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, 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.
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
From Thematic Bible
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious 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 all to the glory of God.
Whatever is sold in the provision market, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake:
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Eating » Reclining on couches
And behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at table 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 shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so 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 thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Eating » Sitting at table
And they rose early on the morrow, 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, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere 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 37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hath 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 labor, it is the gift of God.
Eating Before God
Exodus 12:4And if the household shall be too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man 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 a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowls.
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and 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 which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which the LORD thy God hath 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 eatest of it thou shalt surely die.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Wherefore, if food maketh my brother to fall into sin, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to fall into sin.
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 cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
People Eating
John 4:31In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
Pots For Cooking And Eating
Deuteronomy 28:5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.