What does the Bible say about blessing food?
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The Bible teaches that food is God’s good gift, to be received with thanksgiving, enjoyed in faith, and used in fellowship under His care. Exodus 23:25 connects serving the Lord with His blessing on bread and water, while 1 Timothy 4:4-5 says God’s creatures are good when received with gratitude and sanctified by His word and prayer. Jesus gave thanks before feeding the crowds in John 6:11 and Matthew 14:19, showing humble dependence on the Father. At the Lord’s Supper, Matthew 26:26 points beyond ordinary food to Christ Himself, the true bread of life who gives eternal nourishment to all who believe.
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- Exodus 23:25 14 votes
You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
- 1 Timothy 4:4-5 13 votes
[4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. [5] For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
- Matthew 26:26 8 votes
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
- John 6:11 3 votes
Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
- Deuteronomy 12:7 3 votes
and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
- Job 12:7-9 3 votes
[7] "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. [8] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you. [9] Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this,
- Matthew 14:19 3 votes
He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
- Acts 27:35 2 votes
When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.
- Romans 14:6 2 votes
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.
- John 6:55-59 2 votes
[55] For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me. [58] This is the bread which came down out of heaven-- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever." [59] These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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