And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Give us this day our daily bread,
For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.
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