Foods

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:

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

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

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 →

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:

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

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

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

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

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 →

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

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.

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

The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.

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.

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.

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

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 →

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 →

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

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

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

He hath given food unto them that fear him: He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

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

For the word of Jehovah is right; And all his work isdonein faithfulness.

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

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

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

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. — read the full passage →

All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. — read the full passage →

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;

And at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof.

These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat; — read the full passage →

Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking. — read the full passage →

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Now on the last day, the greatdayof the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

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

Give us this day our daily bread.

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

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live. — read the full passage →

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

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

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:

O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. — 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 →

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. — read the full passage →

and did all eat the same spiritual food;

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 →

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:

And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.