43 Bible Verses about hunger
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Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
Who executes justice for the oppressed: who gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:
The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.
And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed:
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
For I was hungry, and you gave me food: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and hunger shall be in your midst; and you shall carry away, but shall not save; and that which you save will I give up to the sword.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
For I was hungry, and you gave me no food: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink:
Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you?
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkness be as the noon day:
Therefore shall you serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for lack of the fruits of the field.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of animals upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall go hungry.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, read more.
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, Who are these who are arrayed in white robes? and from where did they come? And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and 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 on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat. For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Hunger » Physical
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grain field; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of grain, and to eat.
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed unto demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came in of late, whom your fathers feared not. Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you. And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred 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 very perverse generation, children in whom is no faith. They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them. They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of animals upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that in which I delighted not. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed:
But woe unto you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Ho, everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Hunger » Of jesus
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Hunger » Hungry souls
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat. For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Hunger » A stimulus to work
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6Now therefore what is there on hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: