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)

 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,




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

1 Kgs. 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kgs. 1:2
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

1 Kgs. 1:25
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

1 Kgs. 1:37
As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

1 Kgs. 1:40
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

1 Kgs. 1:41
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

1 Kgs. 1:47
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

1 Kgs. 2:7
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

1 Kgs. 2:8
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

1 Kgs. 2:12
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

1 Kgs. 2:19
Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kgs. 2:24
Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

1 Kgs. 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

1 Kgs. 3:4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

1 Kgs. 3:6
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

1 Kgs. 3:8
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

1 Kgs. 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kgs. 4:12
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

1 Kgs. 4:13
The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

1 Kgs. 4:20
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

1 Kgs. 5:7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kgs. 5:11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

1 Kgs. 5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

1 Kgs. 7:9
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kgs. 7:10
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

1 Kgs. 7:12
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.

1 Kgs. 7:17
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

1 Kgs. 7:29
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

1 Kgs. 8:23
And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

1 Kgs. 8:42
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

1 Kgs. 8:64
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

1 Kgs. 8:65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

1 Kgs. 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

1 Kgs. 10:5
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

1 Kgs. 10:10
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

1 Kgs. 10:11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

1 Kgs. 10:16
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

1 Kgs. 10:17
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

1 Kgs. 10:18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

1 Kgs. 10:19
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

1 Kgs. 11:19
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

1 Kgs. 11:40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1 Kgs. 13:6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

1 Kgs. 13:8
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

1 Kgs. 13:9
For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

1 Kgs. 13:15
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

1 Kgs. 13:16
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

1 Kgs. 13:17
For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

1 Kgs. 13:18
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:19
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

1 Kgs. 13:22
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1 Kgs. 13:23
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1 Kgs. 13:28
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

1 Kgs. 14:11
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.

1 Kgs. 15:29
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

1 Kgs. 16:4
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 17:12
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

1 Kgs. 17:15
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

1 Kgs. 17:17
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

1 Kgs. 18:3
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

1 Kgs. 18:19
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

1 Kgs. 18:32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

1 Kgs. 18:41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

1 Kgs. 18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

1 Kgs. 18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

1 Kgs. 19:5
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

1 Kgs. 19:6
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

1 Kgs. 19:7
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

1 Kgs. 19:8
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

1 Kgs. 19:11
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

1 Kgs. 19:21
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

1 Kgs. 20:13
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

1 Kgs. 20:21
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

1 Kgs. 20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

1 Kgs. 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Kgs. 21:5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

1 Kgs. 21:7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

1 Kgs. 21:23
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

1 Kgs. 21:24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.