19 Bible Verses about Gathering Food
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Whoso gathereth in summer is wise; but he that is sluggish in harvest, bringeth himself to confusion.
and let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the power of Pharaoh: that there may be food in the cities,
and gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the fields that grew round about every city, even in the same.
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, that ye gather every man enough for him to eat: a gomer full for a man according to the number of you, and gather every man for them which are in his tent."
And the children of Israel did even so, and gathered some more some less,
and did mete it with a gomer. And unto him that had gathered much remained nothing over, and unto him that had gathered little was there no lack: but every man had gathered sufficient for his eating.
And they gathered it all mornings: every man as much as sufficed for his eating, for as soon as the heat of the sun came it melted.
And the sixth day they gathered twice so much bread, two gomers for one man, and the rulers of the multitude came and told Moses.
Sixth days ye shall gather it, for the seventh is the Sabbath: there shall be none therein."
And the people stood up all that night and on the morrow, and gathered quails. And he that gathered the least, gathered ten homers full. And they killed them round about the host.
Notwithstanding, there went out of the people in the seventh day for to gather: but they found none.
which hath his fan in his hand, and will purge his floor, and will gather the corn into his barn: But the chaff will he burn with fire that never shall be quenched."
Let both grow together till harvest come: and in time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bind them in sheaves to be burnt: but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
When they had eaten enough, he said unto his disciples, "Gather up the broken meat that remaineth: that nothing be lost."
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their victuals, and went their way.
As for the residue of the length, that lieth hard upon the separated holy ground: namely ten thousand toward the east and ten thousand toward the west, next unto the holy portion: it and the increase thereof shall serve for their meat, that labour in the city.
Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
So I turned me unto other things under the Sun, and I saw that in running it helpeth not to be swift; in battle it helpeth not to be strong; to feeding it helpeth not to be wise; to riches, it helpeth not to be suttle; to be had in favour, it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in time and fortune.