48 Bible Verses About Food

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.

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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

And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.