Food

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: — read the full passage →

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand: — read the full passage →

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

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

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Andoil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

Who giveth food to all flesh; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →

Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; — read the full passage →

And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, — read the full passage →

And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. — read the full passage →

The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, — read the full passage →

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. — read the full passage →

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks; — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons. — read the full passage →

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. — read the full passage →

And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. — read the full passage →

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. — read the full passage →

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. — read the full passage →

The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season. — read the full passage →

If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. — read the full passage →

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. — read the full passage →

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: — read the full passage →

For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips. — read the full passage →

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. — read the full passage →

All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers. — read the full passage →

And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. — read the full passage →

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. — read the full passage →

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is. — read the full passage →

And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. — read the full passage →

Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men. — read the full passage →

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. — read the full passage →