43 Bible Verses about hunger
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Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.
The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.
A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.
So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?'
The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!"
You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.
instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.
He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
(Tet) Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.
Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.
They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.
Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Hunger
where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. They were shouting out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!" And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, read more.
saying, "Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" Then one of the elders asked me, "These dressed in long white robes -- who are they and where have they come from?" So I said to him, "My lord, you know the answer." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Hunger » Physical
At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.
in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
Hunger » Who shall hunger
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about. You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth. But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him. read more.
He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty. They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them. For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains. I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them. They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called 'Fortune,' and fill up wine jugs for the god called 'Destiny' -- I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me." So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already. "Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Hunger » Spiritual
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding -- if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
Hunger » Of jesus
After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"
Hunger » Hungry souls
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.
Hunger » Those that hunger after righteousness
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Hunger » No hunger in heaven
They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Hunger » A stimulus to work
A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
Topics on Hunger
Hunger, Examples Of
1 Samuel 21:3-6Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
Physical Hunger
1 Corinthians 11:34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,