Quotes about Hunger
Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
- 1 Samuel 28:20
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
- 2 Samuel 3:35
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
- 2 Kings 6:25
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
- 2 Kings 6:28
So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
- 2 Kings 6:29
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Job 3:24
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Job 5:5
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
- Job 24:10
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Job 27:14
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
- Job 30:3
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Job 38:39
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Psalm 22:26