HUNGER
(See THIRST)
through famine:
♦ in Egypt and other lands:
♦ in Israel's wilderness journeys:
♦ in the days of the Judges:
• Ruth 1:1
♦ in the days of David:
♦ in the days of Elijah:
♦ in the days of Elisha:
• 2 Kings 6:25; 8:1
♦ in Jerusalem:
♦ as prophesied by Agabus:
of certain people:
♦ of David and people with him:
♦ of Jesus:
• Matthew 4:2; 21:18
♦ of a multitude:
♦ of Jesus' brothers:
♦ of Paul:
divine purpose of:
♦ to fulfill God's plan for Israel:
♦ to humble Israel:
♦ to punish Israel for sin:
♦ to move Israel to call on the Lord:
♦ to judge wickedness:
♦ to show compassion on people:
♦ to give Christians opportunity to minister to the needy:
provision for:
from God
given to
♦ people in general
♦ Israel in the wilderness
♦ the righteous
♦ the redeemed in the future age
withheld
♦ as divine discipline
♦ from those who reject the Lord
from man
♦ withheld from the hungry
♦ given to a hungry enemy
♦ encouraged by the Lord
♦ rewarded by the Lord
♦ associated with thirst
causes of:
♦ idleness:
♦ hard work:
♦ being well-fed now:
false satisfaction of:
♦ in a dream:
♦ by going to Egypt:
results of:
♦ faintness:
♦ prolonged agony:
♦ awareness of one's deep impoverishment:
spiritual hunger:
satisfied with
♦ the word of God
♦ what is good
• Psalms 107:9 (cf. Luke 1:53)
♦ gracious divine provision
♦ righteousness
♦ Christ's provision
♦ to hear God's word
various other uses:
♦ threat of hunger:
♦ hunger of animals:
♦ hunger related to God (hypothetical and anthropomorphic):
♦ satisfaction of hunger through theft:
♦ hunger as motivation to work:
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.