Below is our full list of bible verses on eating (King James Version – KJV) provided in ranked order.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Eating
1 Corinthians 10:31
“31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
[Commentary and Translations for 1-Corinthians 10:31]
Related Themes: Pride | Dating | Food | Health | Technology
Genesis 1:29
“29 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 the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Genesis 9:3
“3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7
“7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”
Matthew 4:4
“4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Related Themes: Telling The Truth | Fasting | Lust | Food | Gluttony
John 6:35
“35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
John 6:27
“27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”
Related Themes: Food | Life | Labor | Work | Setting Goals
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
[Commentary and Translations for 1-Corinthians 6:19]
Related Themes: Holy Spirit | Lust | Health | Holiness | Omnipresence
Proverbs 25:16
“16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
[Commentary and Translations for Proverbs 25:16]
Related Themes: Gluttony | Health | Temperance | Food | Moderation
Proverbs 25:27
“27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”
[Commentary and Translations for Proverbs 25:27]
Related Themes: Pride | Food | Moderation | Overeating | Gluttony
1 Timothy 4:3-5
“3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”
[Commentary and Translations for 1-Timothy 4:3]
Matthew 15:11
“11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”
Related Themes: Attitude | Cussing | Cursing | Manners | Food
Matthew 6:25
“25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment?”
Related Themes: Money | Worry | Anxiety | Finances | Nervousness
Romans 14:2
“2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.”
[Commentary and Translations for Romans 14:2]
Ecclesiastes 10:17
“17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
Related Themes: Gluttony
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
“12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
1 Timothy 4:4
“4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”
[Commentary and Translations for 1-Timothy 4:4]
Related Themes: Food | Earth | Creativity | Thankfulness
1 Corinthians 8:8
“8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.”
[Commentary and Translations for 1-Corinthians 8:8]
Romans 14:3
“3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.”
[Commentary and Translations for Romans 14:3]
Matthew 5:6
“6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
Related Themes: Justice | Holy Spirit | Hunger | Food | Holiness
