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‘Hunger’ in the Bible – All 64 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Hunger’ 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 ‘Hunger’ occurs 64 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 41:55 And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: “Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you.”Genesis 41:55

Number of the word / term Hunger in Genesis: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 25:18 how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.Deuteronomy 25:18

Deuteronomy 28:20 The Lord will send famine and hunger upon you, and a rebuke upon all the works that you do, until he quickly crushes and perishes you, because of your very wicked innovations, by which you have forsaken me.Deuteronomy 28:20

Deuteronomy 28:48 You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.Deuteronomy 28:48

Number of the word / term Hunger in Deuteronomy: 3

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 17:29 and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.2 Samuel 17:29

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

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 32:11 Does not Hezekiah deceive you, so that he would deliver you to die from hunger and thirst, by affirming that the Lord your God will free you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?2 Chronicles 32:11

Number of the word / term Hunger in 2 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.Nehemiah 9:15

Number of the word / term Hunger in Nehemiah: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Job

Job 22:7 You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.Job 22:7

Job 24:10 From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.Job 24:10

Job 30:3 They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.Job 30:3

Number of the word / term Hunger in Job: 3

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Psalm

Psalm 34:10 The rich have been needy and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing.Psalm 34:10

Psalm 50:12 If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.Psalm 50:12

Psalm 59:6 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.Psalm 59:6

Psalm 59:14 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.Psalm 59:14

Psalm 107:5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.Psalm 107:5

Psalm 107:9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:Psalm 107:9

Psalm 107:36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.Psalm 107:36

Psalm 146:7 He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound.Psalm 146:7

Number of the word / term Hunger in Psalm: 8

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Proverbs

Proverbs 6:30 Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.Proverbs 6:30

Proverbs 18:8 The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.Proverbs 18:8

Proverbs 19:15 Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.Proverbs 19:15

Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink.Proverbs 25:21

Proverbs 27:7 A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.Proverbs 27:7

Proverbs 28:15 An impious leader over a poor people is like a roaring lion and a hungry bear.Proverbs 28:15

Number of the word / term Hunger in Proverbs: 6

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 8:21 And he will pass by it; he will fall and become hungry. And when he is hungry, he will become angry, and he will speak evil against his king and his God, and he will lift himself upward.Isaiah 8:21

Isaiah 9:20 And he will turn toward the right, and he will be hungry. And he will eat toward the left, and he will not be satisfied. Each one will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they will be against Judah.Isaiah 9:20

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 32:6 For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.Isaiah 32:6

Isaiah 44:12 The maker of iron has wrought with his file. With coals and hammers, he has formed it, and he has wrought with the strength of his arm. He will hunger and grow faint. He will not drink water, and he will become weary.Isaiah 44:12

Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.Isaiah 49:10

Isaiah 55:10 And in the same manner as rain and snow descend from heaven, and no longer return there, but soak the earth, and water it, and cause it to bloom and to provide seed to the sower and bread to the hungry,Isaiah 55:10

Isaiah 58:7 Break your bread with the hungry, and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house. When you see someone naked, cover him, and do not despise your own flesh.Isaiah 58:7

Isaiah 58:10 When you pour out your life for the hungry, and you satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise up in darkness, and your darkness will be like the midday.Isaiah 58:10

Isaiah 65:13 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, my servants will eat, and you will be hungry. Behold, my servants will drink, and you will be thirsty.Isaiah 65:13

Number of the word / term Hunger in Isaiah: 10

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Jeremiah

Jeremiah 31:12 And they will arrive and give praise on Mount Zion. And they will flow together, to the good things of the Lord, over grain, and wine, and oil, and the offspring of cattle and herds. And their soul will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer be hungry.Jeremiah 31:12

Jeremiah 31:25 For I have inebriated the weary soul, and I have satisfied every hungry soul.Jeremiah 31:25

Number of the word / term Hunger in Jeremiah: 2

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Ezekiel

Ezekiel 18:7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,Ezekiel 18:7

Ezekiel 18:16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,Ezekiel 18:16

Number of the word / term Hunger in Ezekiel: 2

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Matthew

Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.Matthew 4:2

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.Matthew 5:6

Matthew 12:1 At that time, Jesus went out through the ripe grain on the Sabbath. And his disciples, being hungry, began to separate the grain and to eat.Matthew 12:1

Matthew 12:3 But he said to them: “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:Matthew 12:3

Matthew 21:18 Then, as he was returning to the city in the morning, he was hungry.Matthew 21:18

Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;Matthew 25:35

Matthew 25:37 Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we see you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink?Matthew 25:37

Matthew 25:42 For I was hungry, and you did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink;Matthew 25:42

Matthew 25:44 Then they will also answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?’Matthew 25:44

Number of the word / term Hunger in Matthew: 9

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Mark

Mark 2:25 And he said to them: “Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, both he and those who were with him?Mark 2:25

Mark 11:12 And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry.Mark 11:12

Number of the word / term Hunger in Mark: 2

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Luke

Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.Luke 1:53

Luke 4:2 for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry.Luke 4:2

Luke 6:3 And responding to them, Jesus said: “Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him?Luke 6:3

Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.Luke 6:21

Luke 6:25 Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.Luke 6:25

Number of the word / term Hunger in Luke: 5

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book John

John 6:35 Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.John 6:35

Number of the word / term Hunger in John: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Acts

Acts 10:10 And since he was hungry, he wanted to enjoy some food. Then, as they were preparing it, an ecstasy of mind fell over him.Acts 10:10

Number of the word / term Hunger in Acts: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Romans

Romans 12:20 So if an enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap burning coals upon his head.Romans 12:20

Number of the word / term Hunger in Romans: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 4:11 Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.1 Corinthians 4:11

1 Corinthians 11:21 For each one first takes his own supper to eat. And as a result, one person is hungry, while another is inebriated.1 Corinthians 11:21

1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not assemble together unto judgment. As for the rest, I will set it in order when I arrive.1 Corinthians 11:34

Number of the word / term Hunger in 1 Corinthians: 3

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 11:27 with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,2 Corinthians 11:27

Number of the word / term Hunger in 2 Corinthians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Philippians

Philippians 4:12 I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. I am prepared for anything, anywhere: either to be full or to be hungry, either to have abundance or to endure scarcity.Philippians 4:12

Number of the word / term Hunger in Philippians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Hebrews

Hebrews 11:16 But now they hunger for a better place, that is, Heaven. For this reason, God is not ashamed to be called their God. For he has prepared a city for them.Hebrews 11:16

Number of the word / term Hunger in Hebrews: 1

Bible passages with ‘Hunger’ in the book Revelation

Revelation 7:16 They shall not hunger, nor shall they thirst, anymore. Neither shall the sun beat down upon them, nor any heat.Revelation 7:16

Number of the word / term ‘Hunger’ in Revelation: 1

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

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 64

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