'Satisfied' in the Bible
At the conclusion of the mourning period, Joseph addressed Pharaoh's household. "If you're satisfied with me, would you please take this message to Pharaoh for me? Tell him,
When I destroy the source of your bread, ten women will bake bread in one oven. Then they'll return back your bread by weight. You'll eat but won't be satisfied.
houses filled with every good thing that you didn't supply, wells that you didn't dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you didn't plant. When you eat and are satisfied,
"When you have eaten and are satisfied, bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you.
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you have built beautiful houses and lived in them,
He will provide grass on the fields for your livestock, and you'll eat and be satisfied.
so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."
"When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over.
Azariah replied, "Since they began to bring their gifts into the LORD's Temple, we have eaten and have been satisfied. Now we still have plenty left, because the LORD has blessed his people so that we have all of this left over."
Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing? Aren't you satisfied that I'm sick?
People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him, "May you live forever!"
Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully.
How blessed is the one you choose, the one you cause to live in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, yes, even with the holiness of your Temple.
So they ate and were very satisfied, because he granted their desire.
He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work.
The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
Israel asked, and quail came; food from heaven satisfied them.
He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.
By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.
The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.
The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.
The fear of the LORD leads to life; whoever is satisfied with it will rest, untouched by evil.
The leech has two daughters: "Give" and "Give". Three things will never be satisfied; four will never say "Enough" -
Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing.
Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is never satisfied with wealth. "So for whom do I work," he asks, "and deprive myself of pleasure?" This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.
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.
You haven't bought me sweet cane with money, nor have you satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. You have only burdened me with your sins and made me tired with your iniquities.
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her consoling breasts, and so that you may drink deeply and take delight from her glorious bosom."
I'll give the priests abundant provisions, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness," declares the LORD.
That day belongs to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. It is a day of vengeance to take vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied, and will drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates river.
I'll bring Israel back to his pasture. He will graze on Carmel, on Bashan, on Mt. Ephraim, and on Gilead his hunger will be satisfied.
You committed immorality with the Assyrians, because you still weren't satisfied. You committed immorality with them, but you still weren't satisfied.
You committed even more immorality with that land of the merchants, the Chaldeans. But you weren't satisfied even with these!
They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.
You will have plenty to eat, and will be fully satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has performed wonders specifically for you. And my people will never be ashamed.
Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself."
You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'"