Food
55 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- Articles of a Hymn Sung Afterward
- Articles of Bread
- Articles of Butter
- Articles of Cheese
- Articles of Dried Fruit
- Articles of Fish
- Articles of Fruit
- Articles of Herbs
- Articles of Honey
- Articles of Meat
- Articles of Men and Women did not Partake Together
- Articles of Milk
- Articles of Oil
- Articles of Parched (Roasted) Corn (Grain)
- Articles of Prepared by Females
- Articles of Thanks Given Before Receiving
- Articles of Vinegar
- Articles of Wine
- from God
- Things Prohibited As Food
Articles of a Hymn Sung Afterward
- Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Articles of Bread
- Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
- 1 Samuel 17:17 One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
Articles of Butter
- Deuteronomy 32:14 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- 2 Samuel 17:29 honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Articles of Cheese
- 1 Samuel 17:18 Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
- Job 10:10 Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
Articles of Dried Fruit
- 1 Samuel 25:18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
- 1 Samuel 30:12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
Articles of Fish
- Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
- Luke 24:42 So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,
Articles of Fruit
- 2 Samuel 16:2 “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Articles of Herbs
- Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Romans 14:2 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
- Hebrews 6:7 For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
Articles of Honey
- Song of Solomon 5:1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
- Isaiah 7:15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Articles of Meat
- 2 Samuel 6:19 Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
- Proverbs 9:2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Articles of Men and Women did not Partake Together
- Genesis 18:8–9 Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate. …
- Esther 1:3 In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
- Esther 1:9 Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Articles of Milk
- Genesis 49:12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
- Proverbs 27:27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
Articles of Oil
- Deuteronomy 12:17 Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
- Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- Ezekiel 16:13 So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
Articles of Parched (Roasted) Corn (Grain)
- Ruth 2:14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
- 1 Samuel 17:17 One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
Articles of Prepared by Females
- Genesis 27:9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father— the kind he loves.
- 1 Samuel 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
- Proverbs 31:15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Articles of Thanks Given Before Receiving
- Mark 8:6 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
- Acts 27:35 After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
Articles of Vinegar
- Numbers 6:3 he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
- Ruth 2:14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Articles of Wine
- 2 Samuel 6:19 Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
- John 2:3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
- John 2:10 and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
from God
- Genesis 1:29–30 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. …
- Genesis 9:3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
- Genesis 48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalm 103:5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Psalm 104:14–15 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: …
- Psalm 111:5 He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
- Psalm 136:25 He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 145:15 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalm 147:9 He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Isaiah 3:1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
- Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
- Romans 14:14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- Romans 14:21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- 1 Timothy 4:3–5 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. …
Things Prohibited As Food
- Exodus 22:31 You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- Leviticus 11:1–47 The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, …
- Leviticus 17:13–15 And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. …
Related topics
The Diet of the JewsCreeping ThingsSanitation
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.