Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ¹ 

Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser ¹  and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.” ² 

The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.”

brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, ¹ 

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family. ¹ 

By the ninth day of the fourth month ¹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ²  had no food.

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

for they had not met the Israelites with food ¹  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

By the brush ¹  they would gather ²  herbs from the salt marshes, ³  and the root of the broom tree was their food.

And surely, he drew you ¹  from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, ²  and to the comfort ³  of your table filled with rich food. ⁴ 

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, ¹  and refrained from eating food. ²  (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!) ³ 

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children ¹  forced to search for food. ² 

Yes, ¹  he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

Our storehouses ¹  will be full, providing all kinds of food. ²  Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill ³  our pastures. ⁴ 

Better is a person of humble standing ¹  who nevertheless has a servant, ²  than one who pretends to be somebody important ³  yet has no food.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, ¹  but whoever chases daydreams ²  will have his fill ³  of poverty.

She also gets up ¹  while it is still night, and provides food ²  for her household and a portion ³  to her female servants.

Go, eat your food ¹  with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.