Scripture Cards: Vegetables

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.