29 occurrences

'Hungry' in the Bible

He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HungerMannaMouthsSpeech, DivineWordsBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityBibleSpiritual Life, Maintained ByBible, Given ForAfflictions, Benefits OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfUnknown ThingsReceiving God's WordBreadFeeding The Poorhunger

Those who had an abundance of bread now hire themselves out, and those who were hungry hunger no more. While the barren woman gives birth to seven children, she who had many children languishes.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness."

Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired

so the king got up in the middle of the night and ordered his servants: "Let me explain what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we're hungry, so they've left their encampment to conceal themselves in the surrounding fields. They're telling themselves, "When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and enter the city!'"

Verse ConceptsHiding From PeopleDuring One Night

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

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

Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.

Verse ConceptsNaked In Poverty

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.

Verse ConceptsRiches, Nature OfGod's DesiresGod's Things ConcealedAll Things Belong To Godhunger

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

Verse ConceptsdissatisfactionRestlessnessSatisfactionSeeking FoodRumblingwandering

Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed.

Verse ConceptsNo Strength Lefthunger

There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

Verse ConceptsCity Of God

A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.

Verse ConceptsEatingRighteous, TheStomachsPlenty Through GodShortagesBeing Contenthunger

The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.

Verse ConceptsHoneyBitter FoodSweetnessMore Than EnoughBitternesshunger

Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

They cut meat on the right, but they're still hungry, and they devour also on the left, but they're not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own children.

Verse ConceptsStomachs

as when a hungry man dreams he eats, but wakes up still hungry; or when a thirsty man dreams he drinks, but wakes up faint, with his thirst unquenched. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerBeing UnsatisfiedLike A Dream

For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

Verse ConceptsArmsPhysical HungerOccupationsToolsCoal, Uses OfBlacksmithsTired In Activitycatswoodworking

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Humanethics, socialNoonAfflicted, Duty To ThemBenevolenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityLight Of God's PeopleFeeding The Poorhunger

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsThirstBeing UnsatisfiedFamine Coming From GodYou Will Rejoice In Salvationhunger

if he doesn't oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor's security for his debt, if he doesn't rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,

Verse ConceptsCreditBenevolenceClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyCancelling DebtsLaws About PledgesPeople Providing Food

doesn't oppress anyone, doesn't take possession of a debtor's pledge, or doesn't steal, but instead shares his food with the hungry, gives clothes to those who are naked,

Verse ConceptsClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyLaws About PledgesPeople Providing Food

Bible Theasaurus

Athirst (6 instances)
Craving (27 instances)
Hungry (69 instances)
Thirsty (50 instances)

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