21 Bible Verses about hunger
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On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.
They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun or any scorching heat trouble them.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
"I am the bread of Life," replied Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never, never thirst.
If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.
To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.
I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.
with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.
The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.
For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;
by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;
For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;
"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.
Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?
"Then will they also answer, "'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'
He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!
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Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
"I am the bread of Life," replied Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never, never thirst.
"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.
After this I looked, and a vast host appeared which it was impossible for anyone to count, gathered out of every nation and from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in long white robes, and carrying palm-branches in their hands. In loud voices they were exclaiming, "It is to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, that we owe our salvation!" All the angels were standing in a circle round the throne and round the Elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God. read more.
"Even so!" they cried: "The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanks and the honor and the power and the might are to be ascribed to our God, until the Ages of the Ages! Even so!" Then, addressing me, one of the Elders said, "Who are these people clothed in the long white robes? And where have they come from?" "My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason they stand before the very throne of God, and render Him service, day after day and night after night, in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne will shelter them in His tent. They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun or any scorching heat trouble them. For the Lamb who is in front of the throne will be their Shepherd, and will guide them to watersprings of Life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
Hunger » Physical
About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them.
There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.
with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.
He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
Hunger » Who shall hunger
"But alas for you rich men, because you already have your consolation! "Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!
Hunger » Spiritual
Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.
Hunger » Of jesus
Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,
There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger. So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves." "It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live, but on whatsoever God shall appoint.'"
tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger. Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread." "It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"
Hunger » Hungry souls
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun or any scorching heat trouble them. For the Lamb who is in front of the throne will be their Shepherd, and will guide them to watersprings of Life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
Acts 10:10He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If any one is hungry, let him eat at home; so that your coming together may not lead to judgement. The other matters I will deal with whenever I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
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