'Satisfied' in the Bible

The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

"I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, 'During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.'"

If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied."

When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

"'The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.

When I break off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, and you will eat and not be satisfied.

If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.

The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him.

if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' --

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

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.

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

From the fruit of a person's mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

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

The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

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

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

The leech has two daughters: "Give! Give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough" --

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!"

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.

When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.

When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

The Lord responded to his people, "Look! I am about to restore your grain as well as fresh wine and olive oil. You will be fully satisfied. I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.

You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame.

Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.

You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied,

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

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

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up -- twelve baskets of broken pieces.

When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted."

When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.

But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.