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“Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.”
— Psalm 78:25
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“So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;”
— Psalm 78:29
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“He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.”
— Psalm 78:45
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“The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.”
— Psalm 78:63
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“For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.”
— Psalm 79:7
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“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”
— Psalm 80:5
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“He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.”
— Psalm 81:16
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“My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.”
— Psalm 102:4
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“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
— Psalm 102:9
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“And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.”
— Psalm 105:35
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“Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.”
— Psalm 106:20
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“They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.”
— Psalm 106:28
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“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”
— Psalm 127:2
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“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
— Psalm 128:2
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“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”
— Proverbs 1:31
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“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.”
— Proverbs 13:2
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“The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.”
— Proverbs 13:25
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“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
— Proverbs 18:21
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“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
— Proverbs 23:7
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“The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.”
— Proverbs 23:8
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“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:”
— Proverbs 24:13
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“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
— Proverbs 25:16
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“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:”
— Proverbs 25:21
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“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”
— Proverbs 25:27
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“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.”
— Proverbs 27:18
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“There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.”
— Proverbs 30:14
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“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”
— Proverbs 30:17
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“Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.”
— Proverbs 30:20
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“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”
— Proverbs 31:27
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“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 saw, that it was from the hand of God.”
— Ecclesiastes 2:24
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“For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:25
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“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:13
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“The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.”
— Ecclesiastes 4:5
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“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?”
— Ecclesiastes 5:11
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“The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:12
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“All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:17
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“Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:18
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“Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:19
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“A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.”
— Ecclesiastes 6:2
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“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
— Ecclesiastes 8:15
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“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”
— Ecclesiastes 9:7
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“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!”
— Ecclesiastes 10:16
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“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
— Ecclesiastes 10:17
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“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”
— Song of Solomon 4:16
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“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.”
— Song of Solomon 5:1
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“Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.”
— Isaiah 1:7
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“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:”
— Isaiah 1:19
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“But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
— Isaiah 1:20
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“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.”
— Isaiah 3:10
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“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.”
— Isaiah 4:1