Hunger in the Bible

Of Jesus

  • Matthew 4:2-4 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 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.
  • Matthew 21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
  • Mark 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
  • Luke 4:2-4 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
  • John 4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Bible Encyclopedia for HUNGER.

A stimulus to work

  • Proverbs 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Definition of hunger

No hunger in heaven

  • Revelation 7:16-17 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

See FAMINE

See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Hunger.

SPIRITUAL

  • Proverbs 2:3-5 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
  • Isaiah 55:1-2 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
  • Amos 8:11-13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
  • Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Luke 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

See DESIRE, SPIRITUAL

See THIRST

 
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