42 occurrences in 13 translations

'Food' in the Bible

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

I sigh when food is put before me,and my groans pour out like water.

Verse ConceptsSighingIndigestion

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

Verse ConceptsHuntingNo Food

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtHelp In ShortagePrinciples Of WarWarredeemed

Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

Verse ConceptsGrassWild DonkeysNeighing And BrayingWisdomlegacy

Is bland food eaten without salt?Is there flavor in an egg white?

Verse ConceptsEggsMonotonyWhiteTastelessnessTastelessSournesslegacy

I refuse to touch them;they are like contaminated food.

Verse ConceptsNot Touching

They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

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

Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

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

Verse ConceptsReward, HumanFlatteryGiving Information

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

Verse ConceptsCynicismWithout Strength

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

Verse ConceptsDecaySkinDeath Of A Family Member

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

Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

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

Verse ConceptsGetting RichFinancesA Fool And His Money Shall PartWealth And Prosperity

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.

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

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

Verse ConceptsNot Prospering

{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.

Verse ConceptsRainPeople EatingGod Will Be Angryventing

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

Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

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

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

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.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

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

Verse ConceptsNaked In Poverty

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

Verse ConceptsParents SinKilling Sons And Daughters

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

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingFood Defined

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

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes Of

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

Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness

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

Verse ConceptsOrphansActing AloneDo Not Be SelfishPeople Helping OrphansSharing

“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.

Verse ConceptsAbhor

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

Verse ConceptsMessianic BanquetTablesFat Of Animals

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

Verse ConceptsGod Feeds All The Earth

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

Verse ConceptsHuntingGod Feeds All The Earth

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

Verse ConceptsMangersUnicorns

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

Verse ConceptsGood Things From Far Away

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

Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGrassAnimals EatingDinosaursmuscles

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.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations

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