Bible Verses About Food and Sustenance

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

For I was hungry, and ye gave me food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have ye here any thing for food?

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where [is] thy God?

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Let them wander up and down for food, and grudge if they are not satisfied.

They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their desire.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in due season.

He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

Provideth her provisions in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

And her spirit came again, and she arose immediately: and he commanded to give her food.

The life is more than food, and the body [is more] than raiment.

Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every animal that creepeth upon the earth, in which [is] life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

And there was set [food] before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

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 may not perish through the famine.

And he gathered 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] around every city, he laid up in the same.

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

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this shall I know that ye [are] true [men]: leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and depart:

And it came to pass, when they had consumed the corn which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little 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 it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] to 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.

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