43 Bible Verses about hunger
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If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;
The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.
If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.
To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,
Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.
I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed;
in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness shall remain in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!
and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;
thou shalt serve thine enemies whom Jehovah will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of everything; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands. And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God, read more.
saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they? And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits upon the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat; because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
Hunger » Physical
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.
in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not. Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten God who brought thee forth. And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters. read more.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness. They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains. I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them. They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
But ye who forsake Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and fill up mixed wine unto Meni: I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed;
But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation. Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding; if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price! Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Hunger » Of jesus
(for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions).
and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered. And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread. But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered. And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread. And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Hunger » Hungry souls
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat; because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Hunger » A stimulus to work
The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,