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21 Bible Verses About Eating

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  • Deuteronomy 8:10 tells Israel to praise God after eating their fill, in the chapter that also says man does not live on bread alone (Deuteronomy 8:3), the verse Jesus quotes in Matthew 4:4.
  • Mark 7:19 records that Jesus “declared all foods clean,” and Romans 14:2-3 tells those who eat everything and those who eat only vegetables not to despise or judge each other.
  • Proverbs 23:20-21 pairs gluttons with drunkards and warns that both become poor.
  • In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul rebukes a church whose members ate their own suppers while others went hungry, and tells them to eat together.
  • Isaiah 58:7, Matthew 25:35-36 and James 2:15-16 tie feeding the hungry to the fast God chooses, to the judgment of the nations, and to faith that is not dead.

The Bible treats food as a gift from God, to be received with thanks, eaten without excess and shared with the hungry. The subject runs through Deuteronomy 8, Mark 7, Romans 14, 1 Corinthians 10 and 11, and John 6. Food as God’s gift, received with thanks Psalm 145:15-16 “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” Reflection: David’s…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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