Hunger

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

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: — read the full passage →

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

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

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, — read the full passage →

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessedare ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.

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

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, — 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 →

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? — read the full passage →

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soulthirstethafter thee, as a weary land. [Selah

Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. — read the full passage →

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again: — read the full passage →

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. — 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; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; — read the full passage →

And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.

during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: — read the full passage →

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

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

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

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.

Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. — read the full passage →