43 Bible Verses about hunger
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He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.
But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head."
They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them,
Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing.
"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!
Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.
We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless, right up to the present.
who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners;
The LORD won't cause the righteous to hunger, but he will reject what the wicked crave.
He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
The appetite of the laborer motivates him; indeed, his hunger drives him on.
"Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land not a famine of food or a thirst for water but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
I know how to be humble, and I know how to prosper. In each and every situation I have learned the secret of being full and of going hungry, of having too much and of having too little.
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness.
He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.
because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.
You'll eat, but you won't have enough; and hunger will be common among you. You'll horde things, but you won't save them, and what you preserve I'll give over to the sword.
A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry,
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;
They won't hunger or thirst, nor will the desert heat or sun beat upon them; for the one who has compassion on them will drive them and guide them alongside springs of water.
Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?
The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.
"Then they will reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or as a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn't help you?'
The Israelis told them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt when we sat by the cooking pots, when we ate bread until we were filled because you brought us to this desert to kill this entire congregation with hunger."
if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
you'll serve your enemies whom the LORD your God will send against you. You will serve in famine and in drought, in nakedness, and in lack of everything. They'll set a yoke of iron upon your neck until they have exterminated you.
He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance
If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat; and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!
Those who die by the sword are better off than those who die from starvation, who slowly waste away like those pierced through for lack of food from the fields.
"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.
Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.
A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.
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Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I really seek: that I may remain in the LORD's Temple all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD; and to inquire in his Temple.
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn righteousness.
Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!
Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!" All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God, read more.
saying, "Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen!" "Who are these people wearing white robes," one of the elders asked me, "and where did they come from?" I told him, "Sir, you know." Then he told me, "These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. That is why: "They are in front of the throne of God and worship him night and day in his Temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them. They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them, because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing.
Hunger » Physical
At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness.
He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed to demons not to the real God gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared. You neglected the Rock that fathered you; you abandoned God, who was awaiting your birth. The LORD saw it and became jealous, provoked by his sons and daughters. read more.
So he said: "Let me hide my face from them. I will observe what their end will be, because they are a perverted generation, children within whom there is no loyalty. They provoked me to jealousy over non-gods, and to be angry over their vanity. Now I'll provoke them to jealousy over a non-people; and over a foolish nation I'll provoke them to anger. For a fire breaks out in my anger burning to the deepest part of the afterlife, consuming the earth and its produce and igniting the foundations of the mountains. I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows. Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.
But as for you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill drink offerings for Destiny, I'll consign you to the sword, and all of you will bend down for the slaughter because when I called, you didn't answer, when I spoke, you didn't listen; but you did what was evil in my sight, and chose what I took no pleasure in." Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.
"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort! How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!
Hunger » Spiritual
Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.
"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and learn to know God.
"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food.
Hunger » Of jesus
After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally became hungry. Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread." But he answered, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"
where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry. The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread." Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"
Hunger » Hungry souls
The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind. He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them, because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
The appetite of the laborer motivates him; indeed, his hunger drives him on.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6Now, what do you have available? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have."
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.
