12 Bible Verses about Little Food

For you had little before I came and it has increased and multiplied abundantly, and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household?”

The Israelites did so, and some gathered much [of it] and some [only a] little.

You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered a large amount had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need (family size).

as it is written [in Scripture], “He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not lack.”

You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].

Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income [gained] with injustice.

Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace
Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.

They replied, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.”

“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”