'Appetite' in the Bible
Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people had an insatiable appetite for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, "If only somebody would feed us some meat!
But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”
That's why the place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because they buried the people there who had an insatiable appetite for meat.
You may spend the money for anything your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or [other] strong drink, or anything else you want. You shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.
Because his appetite is never satisfied,he does not let anything he desires escape.
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."
They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
From the words of his mouth,a man will enjoy good things,but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,But the stomach of the wicked is in need.
A worker’s appetite works for himbecause his hunger urges him on.
The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the caperberry (desire, appetite) fails. For man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about the streets and market places.
Therefore Sheol's appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem's nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.
if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.
And I will saturate the appetite of the priests [with] fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness," {declares} Yahweh.
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.
They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.
And dost go a-whoring unto sons of Egypt, Thy neighbours -- great of appetite! And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms, To provoke Me to anger.
They feed on the sin of My people;they have an appetite for their transgressions.
They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
Woe is me (judgment is coming)! For I amLike one who gathers the summer fruits, like one who gleans the vintage grapes.There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,No first-ripe fig which my appetite craves.
Moreover, wine betrays;an arrogant man is never at rest.He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,and like Death he is never satisfied.He gathers all the nations to himself;he collects all the peoples for himself.
And [because] many were experiencing lack of appetite, at that time Paul stood up in their midst [and] said, "Men, [you] ought to have followed my [advice] not to put out to sea from Crete, and [thus] avoided this damage and loss!
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.