Lexicon :: Strong's H7457 - rāʿēḇ

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,

but those who are starving hunger no more.

The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,

but the woman with many sons pines away.

honey, curds, sheep, goats, and cheese[fn] from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, “The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.’ ”

The hungry consume his harvest,

even taking it out of the thorns.[fn]

The thirsty[fn] pant for his children’s wealth.

His strength is depleted;

disaster lies ready for him to stumble.[fn]

You gave no water to the thirsty

and withheld food from the famished,

Without clothing, they wander about naked.

They carry sheaves but go hungry.

They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed[fn] within them.

For he has satisfied the thirsty

and filled the hungry with good things.

He causes the hungry to settle there,

and they establish a city where they can live.

executing justice for the exploited

and giving food to the hungry.

The LORD frees prisoners.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,

and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,

but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,

then wakes and is still hungry;

and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,

then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.

So it will be for all the many nations

who go to battle against Mount Zion.

For a fool speaks foolishness

and his mind plots iniquity.

He lives in a godless way

and speaks falsely about the LORD.

He leaves the hungry empty

and deprives the thirsty of drink.

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,

to bring the poor and homeless into your house,

to clothe the naked when you see him,

and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?[fn]

“and if you offer yourself[fn] to the hungry,

and satisfy the afflicted one,

then your light will shine in the darkness,

and your night will be like noonday.

“He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

“He doesn’t oppress anyone, hold collateral, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.