Bible Verses About Hunger
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hunger, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,102 votes, led by Matthew 5:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hunger
Matthew 5:6258 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Proverbs 22:9167 votes
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Revelation 7:16144 votes
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
James 2:15-17121 votes
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Luke 6:21111 votes
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Matthew 4:4109 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.
John 6:35108 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.
Psalms 63:1100 votes
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Deuteronomy 8:398 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.
Psalms 42:1-294 votes
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Revelation 7:16-1791 votes
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Romans 12:2087 votes
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Psalms 22:2686 votes
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Matthew 4:1-2584 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
1 Timothy 5:880 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Isaiah 58:1079 votes
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Proverbs 14:3178 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Matthew 25:3576 votes
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
1 John 3:17-1873 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Deuteronomy 28:1-6870 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Luke 1:5367 votes
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Deuteronomy 15:1166 votes
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Matthew 5:1-4866 votes
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Leviticus 26:1-4663 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
1 Peter 2:263 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
What does the Bible say about hunger?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:6 on the subject of hunger. Across 5,102 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:9, Revelation 7:16, James 2:15-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.