Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eat' occurs 714 times in the standard works.

337 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eat' in the standard works and contain 47.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 143 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 12:15-27 (16 in 13 verses)

Lev. 22:4-16 (13 in 13 verses)

Deut. 14:3-12 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:40-44 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 12:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 3:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 2:8-3:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 4:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Num. 11:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 15:22-16:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 4:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

John 6:49-53 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 5:17 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Moses 4:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 18:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 14:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 7:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 8:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 4:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 11:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 53:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 4:16-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 55:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 520 2027 2547
Gen. 49 108 157
Ex. 41 106 147
Lev. 62 117 179
Num. 20 97 117
Deut. 65 102 167
Josh. 3 44 47
Judg. 11 40 51
Ruth 2 7 9
1 Sam. 18 76 94
2 Sam. 21 62 83
1 Kgs. 29 61 90
2 Kgs. 26 53 79
1 Chr. 1 44 45
2 Chr. 4 79 83
Ezra 4 17 21
Neh. 6 38 44
Esth. 1 13 14
Job 4 84 88
Ps. 17 199 216
Prov. 15 54 69
Eccl. 12 22 34
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 30 103 133
Jer. 17 116 133
Lam. 1 16 17
Ezek. 31 181 212
Dan. 6 62 68
Hosea 6 11 17
Joel 1 26 27
Amos 4 17 21
Obad. 1 5 6
Jonah 0 11 11
Micah 3 7 10
Nahum 1 5 6
Hab. 1 7 8
Zeph. 0 4 4
Hag. 1 3 4
Zech. 4 17 21
Mal. 0 9 9
NT 135 722 857
BM 30 1261 1291
DC 8 279 287
PGP 21 166 187
TOTAL 714 4455 5169

Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job 1:13
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Job 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Job 1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 3:19
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Job 3:25
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Job 4:9
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Job 5:20
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Job 6:6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Job 8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 9:10
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:22
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:11
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Job 16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Job 18:13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

Job 20:14
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

Job 20:21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

Job 21:25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:6
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 24:17
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Job 27:3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Job 28:3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 28:22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

Job 30:18
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Job 30:30
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Job 32:9
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Job 33:12
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Job 33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Job 34:3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Job 34:14
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Job 34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 35:15
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

Job 36:18
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Job 36:26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Job 36:31
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Job 37:5
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:6
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Job 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Job 37:22
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Job 39:13
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Job 41:21
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.