21 occurrences

'Hunger' in the Bible

The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,But those who were hungry cease to hunger.Even the barren gives birth to seven,But she who has many children languishes.

Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?

“You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger,You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst,And You told them to enter in order to possessThe land which You swore to give them.

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger,But He will reject the craving of the wicked.

A worker’s appetite works for him,For his hunger urges him on.

It will be as when a hungry man dreams—And behold, he is eating;But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied,Or as when a thirsty man dreams—And behold, he is drinking,But when he awakens, behold, he is faintAnd his thirst is not quenched.Thus the multitude of all the nations will beWho wage war against Mount Zion.

“They will not hunger or thirst,Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;For He who has compassion on them will lead themAnd will guide them to springs of water.

saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”;

“Arise, cry aloud in the nightAt the beginning of the night watches;Pour out your heart like waterBefore the presence of the Lord;Lift up your hands to HimFor the life of your little onesWho are faint because of hungerAt the head of every street.”

Better are those slain with the swordThan those slain with hunger;For they pine away, being strickenFor lack of the fruits of the field.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

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רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 13

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

λιμός 
Limos 
Usage: 6

πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger , be an hungred , be hungry , hungry
Usage: 12

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