'Food' in the Bible
He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance
And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.
Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.
And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --
He had been very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. Together they presented themselves before him. They won over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, and through him they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.
And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.Farewell.
He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God.
and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”
And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order
Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.
When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.
Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”
They all became encouraged and took food themselves.
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.
But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.
One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.
He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.
As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is 'impure'; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.
For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.
Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.
But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will make them both unnecessary. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
About food offered to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.
About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.
For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?
Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.
We have the right to earn our food, don't we?
Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?
They all ate the same spiritual food,
See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?
What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;
But if someone says to you, “This is food offered to an idol,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake.
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.
What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those [impoverished believers] who have nothing? What will I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? In this I will not praise you!
If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.
And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
labor and hardship,many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;
It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.
Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.
But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of restoration.
lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them.
We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, the one who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and who teaches and leads my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth.
They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
And the woman went in flight to the waste land, where she has a place made ready by God, so that there they may give her food a thousand, two hundred and sixty days.
And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.
And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will be turned against the evil woman, and will make her waste and uncovered, and will take her flesh for food, and will have her burned with fire.
For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.
So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.
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