Food sustains us physically and brings us together socially. In the Bible, it also symbolizes God’s provision and spiritual nourishment. This collection of 145 Bible verses about food highlights God’s blessings, the importance of communal meals, and the spiritual lessons intertwined with our daily bread. As you explore these verses, may you find inspiration and a deeper appreciation for how food reflects God’s grace and love.

Provision of Food

• Genesis 1:29 – “Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.'”
• Psalm 136:25 – “He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.”
• Matthew 6:11 – “Give us today our daily bread.”
• Psalm 104:14 – “He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth.”
• 1 Timothy 4:4 – “For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.”
• Deuteronomy 8:3 – “He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”
• Psalm 145:15 – “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.”
• Acts 14:17 – “Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
• Exodus 16:12 – “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.'”
• Nehemiah 9:15 – “In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock; you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them.”

Gratitude for Food

• 1 Corinthians 10:31 – “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
• Psalm 118:1 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
• Colossians 3:17 – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
• 1 Timothy 4:3-4 – “They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.”
• Psalm 107:9 – “For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.”
• Philippians 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:10 – “Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.”
• Romans 14:6 – “Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.”

Sharing Food

• Hebrews 13:16 – “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”
• Luke 3:11 – “John answered, ‘Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.'”
• Proverbs 22:9 – “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.”
• Isaiah 58:7 – “Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”
• James 2:15-16 – “Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?”
• Matthew 25:35 – “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.”
• 1 John 3:17 – “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?”
• Proverbs 11:25 – “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”
• Matthew 14:16 – “Jesus replied, ‘They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.'”

Food as Blessing

• Deuteronomy 28:5 – “Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.”
• Psalm 128:2 – “You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.”
• Proverbs 3:10 – “Then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.”
• Genesis 27:28 – “May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness—an abundance of grain and new wine.”
• Leviticus 26:5 – “Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.”
• Joel 2:26 – “You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.”
• Proverbs 10:22 – “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.”
• Ezekiel 34:26 – “I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.”
• Psalm 65:11 – “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
• Psalm 23:5 – “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”

Warnings About Food

• Proverbs 23:20-21 – “Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:13 – “You say, ‘Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.’ The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.”
• Proverbs 25:16 – “If you find honey, eat just enough—too much of it, and you will vomit.”
• Philippians 3:19 – “Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.”
• Proverbs 23:2 – “And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.”
• Ecclesiastes 10:17 – “Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.”
• Ezekiel 16:49 – “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:7 – “Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: ‘The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.'”
• Proverbs 21:17 – “Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.”
• Deuteronomy 8:10-11 – “When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.”

Jesus and Food

• John 6:35 – “Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'”
• John 6:51 – “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
• Matthew 14:19 – “And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.”
• Mark 6:41 – “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.”
• John 6:27 – “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
• John 21:13 – “Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.”
• Luke 24:30 – “When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.”
• Matthew 26:26 – “While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.'”

Food in Parables

• Luke 14:15 – “When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, ‘Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.'”
• Matthew 22:4 – “‘Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’”
• Luke 14:16 – “Jesus replied: ‘A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.'”
• Matthew 13:33 – “He told them still another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'”
• Luke 12:19 – “And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.'”
• Luke 14:13-14 – “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• Matthew 22:9 – “‘So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'”
• Luke 15:16 – “He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.”

Food in Miracles

• John 6:11 – “Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.”
• Matthew 15:36 – “Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.”
• Mark 8:6 – “He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.”
• Luke 9:16 – “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.”
• John 2:9 – “And the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew; then he called the bridegroom aside.”
• 1 Kings 17:16 – “For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.”
• 2 Kings 4:44 – “Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.”
• John 6:12 – “When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, ‘Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.'”
• 1 Kings 17:15 – “She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.”
• 2 Kings 4:42-43 – “A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain. ‘Give it to the people to eat,’ Elisha said. ‘How can I set this before a hundred men?’ his servant asked. But Elisha answered, ‘Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’'”

Eating Food Together

• Acts 2:46 – “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.”
• Luke 22:20 – “In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'”
• 1 Corinthians 11:24 – “And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.'”
• Acts 20:11 – “Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.”
• Luke 5:29 – “Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.”
• Luke 7:36 – “When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.”
• Luke 19:5 – “When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.'”
• John 21:12 – “Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ None of the disciples dared ask him, ‘Who are you?’ They knew it was the Lord.”

Food and God’s Word

• Matthew 4:4 – “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’'”
• Isaiah 55:2 – “Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.”
• Psalm 19:10 – “They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.”
• Job 23:12 – “I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.”
• Psalm 119:103 – “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
• Jeremiah 15:16 – “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.”
• 1 Peter 2:2 – “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”
• Hebrews 5:12 – “In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!”

Food and Fellowship

• Acts 2:42 – “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 – “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?”
• 1 Corinthians 10:21 – “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.”
• Acts 20:7 – “On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.”
• Luke 22:19 – “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'”
• John 6:53 – “Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'”
• Luke 24:35 – “Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.”
• 1 Corinthians 11:26 – “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
• Matthew 26:29 – “I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Clean and Unclean Food

• Leviticus 11:2 – “Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat.'”
• Leviticus 11:9 – “Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.”
• Deuteronomy 14:6 – “You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.”
• Leviticus 11:3 – “You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.”
• Leviticus 11:47 – “You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”
• Deuteronomy 14:9 – “Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that have fins and scales.”
• Deuteronomy 14:4-5 – “These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.”
• Leviticus 11:13 – “These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture.”
• Deuteronomy 14:11 – “You may eat any clean bird.”
• Leviticus 11:21 – “There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.”

Food and Feasting

• Esther 9:22 – “As the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.”
• Nehemiah 8:10 – “Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.'”
• Ecclesiastes 9:7 – “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.”
• Psalm 22:26 – “The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him—may your hearts live forever!”
• Isaiah 25:6 – “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines.”
• Proverbs 9:5 – “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.”
• Luke 15:23 – “Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.”
• Esther 8:17 – “In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.”

Shortage of Food, Famine, and Hunger

• Amos 8:11 – “The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.'”
• Genesis 41:56 – “When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.”
• Lamentations 4:9 – “Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.”
• Ruth 1:1 – “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.”
• 2 Kings 6:25 – “There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels.”
• Ezekiel 5:16 – “When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.”
• Luke 15:14 – “After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.”
• 2 Kings 7:4 – “If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”
• Acts 11:28 – “One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world.

God’s Provision of Food in Famine

• Psalm 33:19 – “To deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.”
• Psalm 37:19 – “In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.”
• Job 5:20 – “In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.”
• Isaiah 41:17 – “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.”
• Psalm 34:10 – “The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”
• Genesis 45:6-7 – “For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
• 1 Kings 17:14 – “For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”
• 2 Kings 4:7 – “She went and told the man of God, and he said, ‘Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.'”
• Isaiah 49:10 – “They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.”
• Psalm 146:7 – “He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free.”

Abstaining from Food

• Matthew 6:16 – “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.”
• Joel 2:12 – “Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.'”
• Acts 14:23 – “Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.”
• Ezra 8:21 – “There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.”
• Isaiah 58:6 – “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
• Daniel 10:3 – “I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.”
• Nehemiah 1:4 – “When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.”
• Acts 13:2 – “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'”

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