Topic
Hungry
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For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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.
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, — read the full passage →
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. — read the full passage →
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: — read the full passage →
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. — read the full passage →
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 every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? — read the full passage →
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: — read the full passage →
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. — read the full passage →
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
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.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. — read the full passage →
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. — read the full passage →
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: — read the full passage →
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; — read the full passage →
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; — read the full passage →
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. — read the full passage →
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, — read the full passage →
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. — read the full passage →
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.