43 Bible Verses about hunger
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Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat.
Young lions go hungry and may starve, but those who seek Jehovah's help have all the good things they need.
Jesus replied: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not hunger. The one who puts active faith in me will never thirst.
If any man is hungry let him eat at home. That way you come together without condemnation. I will give direction to care for other matters when I come.
Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst. We are naked. We are treated badly and we are homeless.
He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free.
Jehovah will not allow the righteous to hunger. He rejects the mischief of the wicked.
He humbled you (allowed you to suffer) with hunger and then fed you with manna. Neither you nor your fathers had seen this before. He did this to teach you that a person cannot live on bread alone but must live on all (everything) (every word) that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.
Behold, the day is coming, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.
I know how to be poor. I also know how to live with abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have abundance and to suffer need.
Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!
In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.
I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
You will eat and not be satisfied. Your stomach will still be empty. You will put away and yet will not save. That which you save I will give to the sword.
They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.
I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was thirsty and you did not give me drink.
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
The full person dislikes the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
They will also ask: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison and not minister to you?'
The Israelites said to them: If only Jehovah had allowed us to die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday.
You will serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
He became very hungry. While the meal was being prepared he fell into a trance.
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who died of starvation. For these die slowly and waste away from lack of food from the field.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that it contains are mine.
They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter destruction. I will send teeth of wild animals on them, with the venom of crawling things (reptiles) of the dust.
The righteous eats to satisfaction. The belly of the wicked is in need.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah's beauty and search for an answer in his temple.
I yearn for you in the night. In the morning I long for you with all my being. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is without deception to help you grow to salvation.
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
Jesus replied: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not hunger. The one who puts active faith in me will never thirst.
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures. They fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God. read more.
They said: Amen! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen. One of the elders asked me: Who are these dressed in white robes? And where are they from? I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Because of this they are before the throne of God. They serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over (dwell among) them. They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat. The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Young lions go hungry and may starve, but those who seek Jehovah's help have all the good things they need.
Hunger » Physical
Jesus' disciples were hungry. It was Sabbath day and yet Jesus and his disciples went through the grain fields plucking ears and eating them.
In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.
He became very hungry. While the meal was being prepared he fell into a trance.
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed to demons that are not God. They served gods they did not know. These were new gods who came from nearby, gods your ancestors never worshiped. You ignored the rock that fathered you and forgot the God who gave you life. Jehovah saw this and rejected them. His own sons and daughters made him angry. read more.
He said: 'I will turn away from them and find out what will happen to them. They are a devious and perverse generation. They are children who have no faith. They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods. They angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous and a nation of godless fools to make them angry. My anger has started a fire that will burn into the depths of the grave. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire. I will heap distress on them! I will use my arrows on them. They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter destruction. I will send teeth of wild animals on them, with the venom of crawling things (reptiles) of the dust.
But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter! I called but you did not answer. I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!
Woe to you who are rich! You have received your reward. Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is without deception to help you grow to salvation.
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
Call out for insight. Lift up your voice for understanding. Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure! If you do these things you will have respect for Jehovah and you will find the true knowledge of God!
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
Hunger » Of jesus
He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry. Satan, the Tempter, said to him: If (since) you are the Son of God order these stones to turn into bread. In reply Jesus answered: It is written; man shall not live on bread alone, but on all (everything) (every word) (every utterance) (every declaration) that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 8:3)
He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry. The devil said to him: If you are the Son of God command this stone to become bread. Jesus answered him: It is written, man shall not live by bread alone. (Deuteronomy 8:3)
Hunger » Hungry souls
The full person dislikes the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
Let them praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
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
They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat. The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Hunger » A stimulus to work
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
Your poverty will come like a robber and your want like an armed man.
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6David added: What do you have to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If any man is hungry let him eat at home. That way you come together without condemnation. I will give direction to care for other matters when I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is without deception to help you grow to salvation.
