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Foods

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Genesis 1:29

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

Genesis 1:30

To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Psalms 136:25

Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Matthew 6:25

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Ecclesiastes 9:7

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

Proverbs 30:8

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

Psalms 104:14

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

Romans 14:2

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

Leviticus 11:1–47

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:16–17

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

Romans 14:21

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

Psalms 104:15

wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

Genesis 9:3–4

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:7–8

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. — read the full passage →

Acts 2:46–47

Day by day, continuing steadfastly 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 →

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Psalms 145:15

The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

1 Corinthians 8:8

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

Romans 14:1–23

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Luke 9:16–17

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. — read the full passage →

Daniel 10:3

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

Proverbs 21:20

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

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

Psalms 111:5

He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

Psalms 107:9

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

Psalms 33:4

For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

Job 10:10

Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

Numbers 6:3

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

Genesis 18:8

He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

Hebrews 6:7

For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

1 Timothy 4:4–5

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

1 Timothy 4:3–5

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:23

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

Romans 14:14

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Romans 14:3

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

Luke 12:22–23

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:1–24:53

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Luke 3:1–11:54

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

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Isaiah 7:15

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Psalms 103:5

who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Nehemiah 8:1–10:39

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

2 Samuel 17:29

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

2 Samuel 6:19

He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his house.

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

1 Samuel 17:17

Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;

Ruth 2:14

At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

Deuteronomy 14:9–10

These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat. — read the full passage →

Genesis 27:9

Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

Genesis 1:1–29:35

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

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

1 John 1:9

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

1 Peter 2:1–25

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

1 Timothy 6:2

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Philippians 4:12

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

Galatians 5:1

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

1 Corinthians 9:10–12

or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. — read the full passage →

Acts 2:2

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

John 7:37

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

John 6:57

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

Luke 16:16

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Luke 12:2

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

Mark 7:14–23

He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

Ecclesiastes 9:2

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

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

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 3:12–13

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

Proverbs 30:2

“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Proverbs 16:1–24:34

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 11:1–25:28

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

Psalms 107:1–109:31

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 30:12

They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. 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.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Leviticus 17:13–15

“‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:1–19

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:20–22

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:3

and all ate the same spiritual food;

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

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

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Acts 27:35

When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

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