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‘Eating’ in the Bible – All 40 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Eating’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Eating’ occurs 40 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 43:16 And when he had seen them and Benjamin together, he instructed the steward of his house, saying: “Lead the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast, because they will be eating with me at midday.”Genesis 43:16

Number of the word / term Eating in Genesis: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Exodus

Exodus 12:16 The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be venerated with the same festivity. You shall do no work in these days, except that which pertains to the eating.Exodus 12:16

Number of the word / term Eating in Exodus: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 9:9 when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.Deuteronomy 9:9

Deuteronomy 9:18 And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.Deuteronomy 9:18

Deuteronomy 12:15 So, if you wish to eat, and if the eating of flesh pleases you, then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given to you, in your cities: you may eat it whether it is unclean, that is, having blemish or defect, or whether it is clean, that is, whole and without blemish, of the kind which is permitted to be offered, such as the roe deer and the stag.Deuteronomy 12:15

Number of the word / term Eating in Deuteronomy: 3

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Judges

Judges 19:4 And he embraced the man. And the son-in-law stayed in the house of his father-in-law for three days, eating and drinking with him in a friendly manner.Judges 19:4

Number of the word / term Eating in Judges: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Ruth

Ruth 3:3 Therefore, wash and anoint yourself, and put on your decorative garments, and go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man see you, while he finishes eating and drinking.Ruth 3:3

Ruth 3:7 And when Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and he was merry, and he had gone to sleep by the pile of sheaves, she approached secretly, and, lifting the covering near his feet, she laid herself down.Ruth 3:7

Number of the word / term Eating in Ruth: 2

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 14:33 Then they reported to Saul, saying that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with blood. And he said: “You have transgressed. Roll a great stone to me, here and now.”1 Samuel 14:33

1 Samuel 14:34 And Saul said: “Disperse yourselves among the common people, and tell each one of them to bring to me his ox and his ram, and to slay them upon this stone, and to eat, so that you will not sin against the Lord, in eating with blood.” And so, each one, out of all the people, brought his ox, by his own hand, throughout the night. And they slew them there.1 Samuel 14:34

1 Samuel 28:22 And so now, I ask you to heed the voice of your handmaid, and let me place before you a morsel of bread, so that, by eating, you may recover strength, and you may be able to undertake the journey.”1 Samuel 28:22

1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had led him, behold, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.1 Samuel 30:16

Number of the word / term Eating in 1 Samuel: 4

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:3 But the poor man had nothing at all, except one little sheep, which he had bought and nourished. And she had grown up before him, together with his children, eating from his bread, and drinking from his cup, and sleeping in his bosom. And she was like a daughter to him.2 Samuel 12:3

Number of the word / term Eating in 2 Samuel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book 1 Kings

1 Kings 1:25 For today, he descended, and he immolated oxen, and fattened cattle, and many rams. And he summoned all the sons of the king, and the leaders of the army, along with Abiathar, the priest. And they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘As king Adonijah lives.’1 Kings 1:25

1 Kings 4:20 Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.1 Kings 4:20

Number of the word / term Eating in 1 Kings: 2

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 12:39 And they were in that place with David for three days, eating and drinking. For their brothers had made preparations for them.1 Chronicles 12:39

Number of the word / term Eating in 1 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Job

Job 1:13 So, on a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their first-born brother,Job 1:13

Job 12:11 Does not the ear perceive words, and the palate, when eating, perceive flavor?Job 12:11

Number of the word / term Eating in Job: 2

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 22:13 But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”Isaiah 22:13

Isaiah 29:8 And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.Isaiah 29:8

Isaiah 66:17 Those who were sanctified, who thought themselves to be clean in the gardens behind the inner gate, who were eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they will be consumed all at once, says the Lord.Isaiah 66:17

Number of the word / term Eating in Isaiah: 3

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Daniel

Daniel 6:18 And the king departed into his house, and he went to bed without eating, and food was not set before him, moreover, even sleep fled from him.Daniel 6:18

Daniel 7:7 After this, I watched in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible yet wondrous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, eating yet crushing, and trampling down the remainder with his feet, but it was unlike the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.Daniel 7:7

Number of the word / term Eating in Daniel: 2

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Matthew

Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, ‘He has a demon.’Matthew 11:18

Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, ‘Behold, a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is justified by her sons.”Matthew 11:19

Matthew 24:38 For it will be just as it was in the days before the flood: eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, even until that day when Noah entered into the ark.Matthew 24:38

Matthew 26:21 And while they were eating, he said: “Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.”Matthew 26:21

Matthew 26:26 Now while they were eating the meal, Jesus took bread, and he blessed and broke and gave it to his disciples, and he said: “Take and eat. This is my body.”Matthew 26:26

Number of the word / term Eating in Matthew: 5

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Mark

Mark 7:2 And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.Mark 7:2

Mark 14:18 And while reclining and eating with them at table, Jesus said, “Amen I say to you, that one of you, who eats with me, will betray me.”Mark 14:18

Mark 14:22 And while eating with them, Jesus took bread. And blessing it, he broke it and gave it to them, and he said: “Take. This is my body.”Mark 14:22

Number of the word / term Eating in Mark: 3

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Luke

Luke 6:1 Now it happened that, on the second first Sabbath, as he passed through the grain field, his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them, by rubbing them in their hands.Luke 6:1

Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’Luke 7:33

Luke 7:34 The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a voracious man and a drinker of wine, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners.’Luke 7:34

Luke 10:7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things that are with them. For the worker is worthy of his pay. Do not choose to pass from house to house.Luke 10:7

Luke 17:27 They were eating and drinking; they were taking wives and being given in marriage, even until the day that Noah entered the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all.Luke 17:27

Luke 17:28 It shall be similar to what happened in the days of Lot. They were eating and drinking; they were buying and selling; they were planting and building.Luke 17:28

Number of the word / term Eating in Luke: 6

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Acts

Acts 20:11 And so, going up, and breaking bread, and eating, and having spoken well on until daylight, he then set out.Acts 20:11

Number of the word / term Eating in Acts: 1

Bible passages with ‘Eating’ in the book Romans

Romans 14:20 Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating.Romans 14:20

Romans 14:21 It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.Romans 14:21

Number of the word / term ‘Eating’ in Romans: 2

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 40

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