Bible Verses About Food
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for food, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 22,718 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Food
1 Corinthians 10:311,264 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Genesis 1:29956 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.
John 6:35880 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.
Genesis 9:3772 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
1 Corinthians 8:8621 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.
Romans 14:1-23561 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Matthew 4:4521 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.
1 Timothy 4:4-5483 votes
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Ecclesiastes 9:7459 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
John 6:27423 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.
Mark 7:14-23403 votes
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
Proverbs 15:17382 votes
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Matthew 6:25375 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?
Isaiah 1:19350 votes
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Matthew 5:6332 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
John 4:34327 votes
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Psalms 104:15323 votes
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
Leviticus 11:1-47320 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Psalms 136:25277 votes
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Proverbs 25:27257 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Psalms 107:9240 votes
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Genesis 1:30239 votes
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
2 Corinthians 9:10228 votes
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Proverbs 16:24224 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Colossians 2:16-17221 votes
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
What does the Bible say about food?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:31 on the subject of food. Across 22,718 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:29, John 6:35, Genesis 9:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.