Bible Verses About Eating in Church
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for eating in church, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,014 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 11:22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Eating in Church
1 Corinthians 11:22156 votes
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
1 Corinthians 11:3499 votes
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians 10:3168 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11:2041 votes
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
John 6:55-5938 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Romans 14:17-2138 votes
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 1:2926 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.
Romans 14:1-2324 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
John 6:2723 votes
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.
Genesis 9:322 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Matthew 4:419 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.
Matthew 6:2518 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?
John 6:3518 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.
1 Corinthians 1:1-3118 votes
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Proverbs 25:1616 votes
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:2716 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Matthew 5:616 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 6:3316 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
John 3:1616 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Revelation 1:116 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 Corinthians 8:815 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.
Luke 1:3714 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Exodus 16:1213 votes
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Acts 2:4213 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 15:1-4113 votes
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
What does the Bible say about eating in church?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 11:22 on the subject of eating in church. Across 1,014 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Corinthians 11:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.