Bible Verses About Blessing Food
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for blessing food, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 665 votes, led by Exodus 23:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Blessing Food
Exodus 23:25158 votes
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
1 Timothy 4:4-5141 votes
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Matthew 26:2693 votes
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
John 6:1132 votes
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Job 12:7-931 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Matthew 14:1931 votes
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Deuteronomy 12:730 votes
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
Acts 27:3527 votes
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
Romans 14:623 votes
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
John 6:50-7117 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John 6:55-5916 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
1 Peter 3:18-2213 votes
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Acts 4:8-1312 votes
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts 2:1-4711 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
1 Samuel 9:1310 votes
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
Isaiah 65:21-2510 votes
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
1 Corinthians 10:3110 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
What does the Bible say about blessing food?
Readers most often cite Exodus 23:25 on the subject of blessing food. Across 665 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 4:4-5, Matthew 26:26, John 6:11. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.