15 Bible Verses about Food Defined

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things:

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every animal that creepeth upon the earth, in which is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatever thy soul desireth, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat of it as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatever thy soul desireth.

And by the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall its fruit be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.