'Food' in the Bible

Doesn’t the ear test wordsas the palate tastes food?

Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

yet the food in his stomach turnsinto cobras’ venom inside him.

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.

{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.

You gave no water to the thirstyand withheld food from the famished,

Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;his descendants will never have enough food.

Food may come from the earth,but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

They plucked mallow among the shrubs,and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

so that he detests bread,and his soul despises his favorite food.

Doesn’t the ear test wordsas the palate tastes food?

Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distressto a spacious and unconfined place.Your table was spread with choice food.

For He judges the nations with these;He gives food in abundance.

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

Young lions lack food and go hungry,but those who seek the Lordwill not lack any good thing.

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

My tears have been my food day and night,while all day long people say to me,“Where is your God?”

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

They scavenge for food;they growl if they are not satisfied.

You satisfy me as with rich food;my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Instead, they gave me gall for my food,and for my thirstthey gave me vinegar to drink.

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures.

They deliberately tested God,demanding the food they craved.

They spoke against God, saying,“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

so that manna rained down on them for food and he sent them the grain of heaven.

Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;

Before they had satisfied their desire,while the food was still in their mouths,

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

They gave the corpses of Your servantsto the birds of the sky for food,the flesh of Your godly onesto the beasts of the earth.

You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.

It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;I even forget to eat my food.

I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

like wine that makes the heart of people happy, oil that makes the face glow, and food that sustains people.

The young lions roar for their preyand seek their food from God.

All of them wait for Youto give them their food at the right time.

You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food.

He called down famine against the landand destroyed the entire food supply.

And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food.

Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them.

And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.

Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

They loathed all foodand came near the gates of death.

Let his children wander as beggars,searching for food far from their demolished homes.

My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

He has provided food for those who fear Him;He remembers His covenant forever.

In vain you get up early and stay up late,working hard to have enough food—yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

I will abundantly bless its food;I will satisfy its needy with bread.

Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

All eyes look to You,and You give them their food at the proper time.

You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table.

"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious."