33 Bible Verses about People Eating
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Then he lay down and went to sleep under the juniper tree. All of a sudden, there was an angel, who kept grabbing him and telling him, "Get up! Eat!"
Later, the angel of the LORD came a second time, grabbed him, and said "Get up! Eat! The journey ahead is too difficult for you!"
Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.
"Whenever you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you,
If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience.
When you come into town you can find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people don't eat until he arrives, because he must bless the sacrifice and then after that those who are invited will eat. So go up right now because you can find him now."
Then he took curds, milk, and the calf that had been prepared, placed the food in front of them, and stood near them under the tree while they ate.
After this, while they were seated, eating their food, they looked around and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with camels carrying spices, balm, and myrrh for sale down in Egypt.
She said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
She brought it to Saul and to his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went out that night.
At this, David got up from the ground, washed, anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the LORD's tent to worship. Then he went back to his palace where, at his request, they served him food and he ate.
His staff asked him, "What's this about? When the child was alive, you fasted and cried. Now that the child has died, you get up and eat!"
"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.
All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces seven baskets full.
The people ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up the leftover pieces seven large baskets full.
All of them ate and were filled. When they collected the leftover pieces, there were twelve baskets.
Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.
Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
While they were eating, he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me."
Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.
Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.
Then Jesus told them, "Come, have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?", because they knew it was the Lord.
He got up and was baptized, and after eating some food, he felt strong again. For several days he stayed with the disciples in Damascus.
He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.
While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."