Bible Verses About Sustenance

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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 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.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

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;

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

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

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

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.

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

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

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

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.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

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

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.