'Food' in the Bible

So David sent Tamar to the house saying, "Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him."

brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court."

the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed.

They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land.

Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."

She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation."

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.

When Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord's prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

His wife Jezebel said to him, "You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you."

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet -- twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat."

He replied, "Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master."

Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver.

An officer who was the king's right-hand man responded to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!"

But the officer replied to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!"

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb, for Israel was celebrating.

the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed.

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn't walk on donkeys. They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.

From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes -- twelve years in all -- neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;

By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.

Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no 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.

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

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

They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

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

They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us 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?"

Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

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

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

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

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

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

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.

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

Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.

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

vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!"

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."

Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,