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'Hungry' in the Bible

He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

Those who had an abundance of bread now hire themselves out, and those who were hungry hunger no more. While the barren woman gives birth to seven children, she who had many children languishes.

honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness."

so the king got up in the middle of the night and ordered his servants: "Let me explain what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we're hungry, so they've left their encampment to conceal themselves in the surrounding fields. They're telling themselves, "When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and enter the city!'"

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

You've neglected to give water to the weary, and you've withheld food from the hungry.

They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.

They scavenge for food. If they find nothing, they become hungry and growl.

Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed.

There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners;

A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.

The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.

Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

They cut meat on the right, but they're still hungry, and they devour also on the left, but they're not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own children.

as when a hungry man dreams he eats, but wakes up still hungry; or when a thirsty man dreams he drinks, but wakes up faint, with his thirst unquenched. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.

if he doesn't oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor's security for his debt, if he doesn't rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,

doesn't oppress anyone, doesn't take possession of a debtor's pledge, or doesn't steal, but instead shares his food with the hungry, gives clothes to those who are naked,

At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he became hungry.

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

"Then they will reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or as a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn't help you?'

He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus became hungry.

Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry?

How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

I know how to be humble, and I know how to prosper. In each and every situation I have learned the secret of being full and of going hungry, of having too much and of having too little.

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πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger , be an hungred , be hungry , hungry
Usage: 12

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 13

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

πρόσπεινος 
Prospeinos 
Usage: 1

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