Genesis 1:29
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29 God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.(A)
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you, and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.(A)
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Psalm 145:15-16
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15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.(A)
16 You open your hand,
satisfying the desire of every living thing.
Psalm 104:14-15
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14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(A)
15 and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
and bread to strengthen the human heart.(B)
Psalm 104:27-28
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27 These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;(A)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
Acts 14:17
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17 yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”(A)
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Psalm 147:9
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9 He gives to the animals their food
and to the young ravens when they cry.(A)
Psalm 136:25
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25 who gives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.(A)
Psalm 24:1
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Psalm 24
Entrance into the Temple
Of David. A Psalm.
1 The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
the world, and those who live in it,(A)
Acts 17:28
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28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,
‘For we, too, are his offspring.’(A)
Matthew 6:11
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Job 36:31
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31 For by these he governs peoples;
he gives food in abundance.(A)
1 Timothy 6:17
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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)
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Acts 17:24-25
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24 The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,(A) 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(B)
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Matthew 6:25-26
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Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,[a] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?(A) 26 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?(B)
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Hosea 2:8
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8 She did not know
that it was I who gave her
the grain, the wine, and the oil
and who lavished upon her silver
and gold that they used for Baal.(A)
Isaiah 33:16
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16 they will live on the heights;
their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks;
their food will be supplied, their water assured.
Psalm 146:7
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7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;(A)
Psalm 115:16
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16 The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,
but the earth he has given to human beings.(A)
Genesis 2:16
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden,
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Psalm 111:5
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5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he is ever mindful of his covenant.(A)
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