43 Bible Verses about hunger

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Revelation 7:16

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing.

1 Corinthians 11:34

But if anyone hungers, let him eat at home, so that you do not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even until this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place.

Psalm 146:7

who carries out judgment for the mistreated; who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah lets the prisoners loose;

Proverbs 10:3

Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry; but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

Mark 11:12

And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, and then He fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know it, so that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of Jehovah man shall live.

Proverbs 16:26

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

Amos 8:11

Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.

Philippians 4:12

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Isaiah 65:13

So the Lord Jehovah says, Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.

Micah 6:14

You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in your midst. And you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver I will give up to the sword.

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; nor shall the heat nor sun strike them; for He who has mercy on them shall lead them; even by the springs of water He shall guide them.

Matthew 25:42

For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink;

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Proverbs 27:7

The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Matthew 25:44

Then they will also answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?

Exodus 16:3

And the sons of Israel said to them, O 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 you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Isaiah 58:10

and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore you shall serve your enemies which Jehovah shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Acts 10:10

And he became very hungry and desired to eat. But while they made ready, an ecstasy fell on him.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

Lamentations 4:9

Better are the ones slain by the sword than the ones slain by hunger; those who pine away, pierced because the fruits of my fields failed.

Psalm 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness of it.

Deuteronomy 32:24

Exhaustion by famine, and consumption by burning heat, and bitter destruction, and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of crawling things of the dust.

Psalm 107:5

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

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Psalm 119:20

My soul breaks for the longing that it has to Your judgments at all times.

Isaiah 26:9

With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Hunger » Who shall not hunger

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Revelation 7:9-17

After these things I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they 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 to our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are arrayed in white robes, and from where do they come? And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple. And He sitting on the throne will dwell among them. They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them and will lead them to the fountains of living waters. And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing.

Hunger » Physical

Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath day. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

Mark 11:12

And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Acts 10:10

And he became very hungry and desired to eat. But while they made ready, an ecstasy fell on him.

Hunger » Who shall hunger

Deuteronomy 32:17-24

They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new ones newly come up, whom your fathers did not fear. You forgot the Rock who brought you forth, and ceased to care for God who formed you. And Jehovah saw, 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 very perverse generation, sons in whom is no faithfulness. They have moved Me to jealousy with a no-god. They have provoked Me to anger with their vanities. And I will move them to jealousy with a no-people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap evils on them. I will spend My arrows on them. Exhaustion by famine, and consumption by burning heat, and bitter destruction, and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of crawling things of the dust.

Isaiah 65:11-13

But you are those who forsake Jehovah, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who furnish the drink offering to Fate. Therefore I will number you to the sword; and you will all bow down to the slaughter; because I called and you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear and did evil before My eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight. So the Lord Jehovah says, Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.

Luke 6:24-25

But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.

Hunger » Spiritual

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Proverbs 2:3-5

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 hidden treasures, then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God.

Isaiah 55:1-2

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

More verses: Amos 8:11-13

Hunger » Of jesus

John 4:8

(For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)

Matthew 21:18

And returning early to the city, He hungered.

Mark 11:12

And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Matthew 4:2-4

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards 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."

Luke 4:2-4

forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And in those days He ate nothing. And they being ended, He afterward was hungry. And the Devil said to Him, If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it might become bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written that "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God."

Hunger » Hungry souls

Proverbs 27:7

The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Psalm 107:8-9

Oh that men would praise Jehovah for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the sons of man! For He satisfies the thirsty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good.

Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Hunger » No hunger in heaven

Revelation 7:16-17

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more, nor will the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them and will lead them to the fountains of living waters. And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Hunger » A stimulus to work

Proverbs 16:26

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger

Proverbs 24:34

then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.

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