Eating The Right Foods

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.

Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, — read the full passage →

and <FI>there is<Fi> a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.

`And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side--three hundred and ninety days--thou dost eat it.

and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

whose end <FI>is<Fi> destruction, whose god <FI>is<Fi> the belly, and whose glory <FI>is<Fi> in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live--to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, — read the full passage →

And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which <FI>is<Fi> breath of life, every green herb <FI>is<Fi> for food:' and it is so.

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire. — read the full passage →

For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled <FI>with<Fi> goodness.

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Giving food to all flesh, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; — read the full passage →

and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son--this one--is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice--a glutton and drunkard;

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

and he taketh butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he hath prepared, and setteth before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they do eat.

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat;

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

`this <FI>is<Fi> the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also <FI>some<Fi> of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;

We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick;

And the woman seeth that the tree <FI>is<Fi> good for food, and that it <FI>is<Fi> pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make <FI>one<Fi> wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

`I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, and ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.'

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which <FI>is<Fi> before thee, — read the full passage →

and he turneth back after <FI>some<Fi> days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees <FI>are<Fi> in the body of the lion--and honey. — read the full passage →

Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.

Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?

and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell <FI>it<Fi> to a stranger; for a holy people thou <FI>art<Fi> to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

And Boaz saith to her, `At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth.

and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands--that is, unwashed--eating bread, they found fault;

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people <FI>is<Fi> hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;

And every offering--thy present--with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near salt.

and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

and what they are needing--both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who <FI>are<Fi> in Jerusalem--let be given to them day by day without fail,

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, <FI>such<Fi> as he hath loved;

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, — read the full passage →

`When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put <FI>any<Fi> .

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

And he said unto them, `Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

`Our appointed bread give us to-day.