'Food' in the Bible

"I'm a prophet like you," the old man replied, "and an angel spoke to me and delivered this message from the LORD: "Bring him back with you to your house and give him food and water.'" But he was lying,

and the man of God accompanied the old prophet back to his house, ate some food, and drank some water.

but instead you returned to eat and drink in the very place that he told you "Eat no food and drink no water," your body will not be buried in the same grave as your ancestors.'"

After the meal was over, and the man had eaten food and had drunk water, the old prophet saddled the donkey for him that is, for the man of God whom he had brought back.

had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.

Hasn't anyone told you, my master, what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets? I hid 100 of the LORD's prophets by fifties in a cave and provided food and water for them.

So Elisha turned back, took the pair of oxen, sacrificed them, boiled their flesh using the farm implements for fuel, and gave the food to the people with him. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his servant.

But he replied, "No! You're not to kill them! Would you execute those whom you've taken captive at the point of a sword or with your bow? Give them food and water so they can eat and drink. Then send them back to their master!"

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land.

the food set at his table, his servants who waited on him, his ministers in attendance and how they were dressed, his personal staff and how they were dressed, and even his personal stairway by which he went up to the LORD's Temple, she was breathless!

He also strengthened the fortified cities, assigned officers to them, and stockpiled food, oil, and wine.

Rehoboam was wise to distribute some of his children throughout all of the territories of Judah and Benjamin, placing them in all of the fortified cities. He allotted them abundant supplies of food and sought many wives for them.

They paid masons and carpenters in cash. They paid the residents of Sidon and Tyre with food, drink, and oil, for them to bring cedar trees by sea from Lebanon to Joppa in accordance with the order they had obtained from Cyrus, king of Persia.

Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of 40 shekels of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God.

He also told them, "Go eat the best food, drink the best wine, and give something to those who have nothing, since this day is holy to our Lord. Don't be sorrowful, because the joy of the LORD is your strength."

You gave them food from heaven for their hunger and water from the rock for their thirst. You directed them to enter and possess the land that you had promised to give them.

because they did not greet the Israelis with food and water, but instead hired Balaam to oppose them by cursing them, even though our God turned the curse into a blessing.

At that time I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sacks of grain, loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads. They brought them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I rebuked them on the day on which they were selling food.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor. He quickly provided her beauty treatments and gave her portions of food to her. He also assigned her seven suitable young women from the palace and transferred her and her young women to the best place in the harem.

"As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.

Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white?

I cannot bring myself to touch them; food like this makes me sick."

The ear scrutinizes speech just as the palate tastes food."

He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.

his food will turn rancid in his stomach it will become a cobra's poison inside him.

You've neglected to give water to the weary, and you've withheld food from the hungry.

"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.

If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won't have enough food.

"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

"They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food.

He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

Since the ear tests words like a palate tastes food,

"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.

He uses them to judge some people and give food to many.

Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?"

Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic.

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.

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

They scavenge for food. If they find nothing, they become hungry and growl.

They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar.

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

To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

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

Mortal men ate the food of angels; he sent provision to them in abundance.

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;

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

Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed, and I have even forgotten to eat my food.

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

He causes grass to sprout for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to produce food from the land,

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

Young lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

All of them look to you to provide them their food at the proper time.

He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

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

They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death.

May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.

He prepares food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

I will bless its provisions abundantly; I will satiate its poor with food.

He gives food to all creatures, for his gracious love is everlasting.

Everyone's eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time.

who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners;

He gives wild animals their food, including the young ravens when they cry.

but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.

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."

It's better to be unimportant, yet have a servant, than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

Whoever is generous will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies,

If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat; and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.

Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food, but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,

Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer.

She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.

I considered and observed on earth the following: The race doesn't go to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor food to the wise, nor wealth to the smart, nor recognition to the skilled. Instead, timing and circumstances meet them all.

"Note this! The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah everything that your society needs all food supplies and all water supplies,

"But at that time, he'll protest! He'll say, "I won't be your healer. I have neither food nor clothing in my house! You're not going to make me a leader of the people!'

Nevertheless, her profits and her earnings will be dedicated to the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded but her profits will go to those who live in the LORD's presence, for abundant food and choice clothing.

"On this mountain, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all nations a banquet of rich food, a banquet of well-aged wines rich food full of marrow, and refined wines of the finest vintage

How terrible it will be for that arrogant garland the drunks of Ephraim! How terrible it will be for that fading flower of his glorious beauty, which sits on the heads of people bloated with food, of people overcome with wine!

And that fading flower, his glorious beauty, which sits on the heads of people bloated with food, will be like an early fig before summer whenever someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it's in his hand.

He will also provide rain for your seed that you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the ground will be rich and abundant. At that time, your cattle will graze in broad meadows,

this is the one who will live on the heights; his refuge will be a mountain fortress. His food will be supplied, and his water will be guaranteed.

Distress will quickly be set free. He won't die in the Pit, nor will he lack food."

Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food.

"The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; never again will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have toiled;

"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.

Why should I forgive you? Your sons have forsaken me, and you have sworn by those who aren't gods. When I gave them enough food to satisfy them, they committed adultery and marched to the prostitute's house.

"They'll devour your harvest and your food. They'll devour your sons and your daughters. They'll devour your vines and your fig trees. With their swords they'll batter down your fortified cities in which you trust.

The dead bodies of these people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the land, and no one will disturb them.

"They'll die of deadly diseases. People won't mourn for them, nor will they be buried. They'll be dung on the surface of the ground, and they'll come to an end with the sword and with famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land."

I'll shatter the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I'll make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those seeking their lives. I'll give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the land.

I'll give them to their enemies who are seeking to kill them, and their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land.

When he still did not respond, Nebuzaradan said, "Return to Ahikam's son Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and remain with him among the people or go wherever it seems right for you to go." Then the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a gift and sent him off.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe that there was no food for the people of the land.

All her people groaned as they searched for food. They traded their valuables in order to eat, to keep themselves alive. Look, LORD, and see how I have become dishonored.