17 Bible Verses about Physical Hunger

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1 Corinthians 11:34

If anyone be hungry, at home, let him eat, lest, unto judgment, ye be coming together. And, the remaining things, whensoever I come, I will set in order.

Numbers 11:6

But, now, our soul is dried up, there is nothing at all, - unless, unto the manna, we turn our eyes.

Proverbs 6:30

Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

Psalm 107:5-9

Hungry - yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted: Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them; And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in.read more.
Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men; For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of the toiler, hath toiled for him, for his mouth, hath urged him on.

Isaiah 29:8

Yea it shall be As when the hungry man dreameth and lo! he is eating, But he awaketh, and his soul, is empty, Or as when the thirsty man dreameth and lo! he is drinking, But he awaketh and lo! he is faint and his soul, is craving, So, shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that have come forth to war against Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 50:19

So will I bring back Israel unto his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan; And in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead, shall, his soul, he satisfied.

Lamentations 2:12

To their mothers, they keep saying, Where are corn and wine? Swooning off, like one thrust through, in the broadways of the city, pouring out their life into the bosom of their mothers.

Matthew 4:1-3

Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary; and, fasting forty days and forty nights, - afterwards, he hungered. And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.

Genesis 25:29-30

And Jacob had boiled pottage, - when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished. So Esau said unto Jacob. Do let me devour some of the red - this red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom.

Luke 15:14-17

And, when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine throughout that country, - and, he, began to be in want. And he went his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine. And he used to long to be filled with the pods which the swine were eating; and, no man, was giving unto him.read more.
But coming, to himself, he said - How many hired servants of my father, have bread enough and to spare, whereas, I, with famine, here, am perishing!

Genesis 25:30-34

So Esau said unto Jacob. Do let me devour some of the red - this red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, - Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me. And Esau said, Here am I, on the point of dying, - wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright?read more.
And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him, - and sold his birthright to Jacob. And Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink and rose up, and went his way, - thus Esau despised his birthright!

Exodus 16:2-3

Then did all the assembly of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the desert; and the sons of Israel said unto them - Oh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh, in the land of Egypt, when we remained by the pot of flesh, when we did eat bread to the full, - for ye have brought us forth into this desert, to cause all this multitude to die by famine.

Isaiah 8:21

Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, - And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;

Isaiah 44:12

As for the smith, with his cutting-tool, - When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it, - And hath wrought it with his strong arm, Anon he is hungry, and hath no strength, He hath drunk no water and so hath become faint!

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin, as with a furnace, is scorched, because of the hot winds of famine.

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