Bible Verses About Eat
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for eat, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,682 votes, led by Genesis 1:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Eat
Genesis 1:29181 votes
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.
Leviticus 11:1-47131 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
1 Corinthians 10:31130 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 23:20-21113 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Genesis 9:398 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Matthew 6:2597 votes
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?
Matthew 15:1196 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
1 Timothy 4:3-584 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 8:860 votes
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.
Genesis 2:1657 votes
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Matthew 4:453 votes
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.
Isaiah 55:252 votes
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Deuteronomy 8:348 votes
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Revelation 22:248 votes
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
John 6:3540 votes
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.
Romans 14:1736 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Exodus 16:434 votes
Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exodus 16:3530 votes
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Psalms 34:829 votes
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Genesis 2:16-1727 votes
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Deuteronomy 14:3-2124 votes
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
1 Corinthians 11:23-2624 votes
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
Psalms 104:14-1520 votes
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Isaiah 55:1-220 votes
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Matthew 6:25-2617 votes
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?
What does the Bible say about eat?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:29 on the subject of eat. Across 1,682 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 11:1-47, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Proverbs 23:20-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.