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Bible Tips on Eating
“Thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” —Genesis 3:18, 19
“Eat thy bread with joy.” —Ecclesiastes 9:7
“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.” —Proverbs 15:17
“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.” —Proverbs 17:1
“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste.” —Proverbs 24:13
“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.” —Proverbs 25:16
“It is not good to eat much honey.” —Proverbs 25:27
“When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.” —Proverbs 23:1-3
“He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat.” —Psalm 81:16
“That which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.” —Job 36:16
“With the fat of kidneys of wheat.” —Deuteronomy 32:14
“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.” —Isaiah 55:2
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” —Psalm 84:11
“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I say, that it was from the hand of God.” —Ecclesiastes 2:24