5792 appetite
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A hunger or desire for something. Although the primary reference of the term is to a hunger for food, it can also refer to other human desires. Scripture distinguishes between healthy and unhealthy appetites, indicating what it is appropriate to seek after.

Appetite as physical hunger

Numbers 11:6; Proverbs 6:30 See also Psalm 107:5-9; Proverbs 16:26; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Isaiah 29:8; Jeremiah 31:25; Jeremiah 50:19; Lamentations 2:12

Appetite as a spiritual hunger

Psalm 143:6; Proverbs 25:25; Matthew 5:6 See also Psalm 119:20,131

The gospel satisfies human hunger and thirst

John 4:13-14; John 6:35 See also Psalm 42:2; Isaiah 55:1; John 6:27,50-51; John 7:37; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:17

Lust as sexual appetite

Proverbs 6:25; Ezekiel 23:11; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

See also

4404  food
4438  eating
4822  famine
5341  hunger
5580  thirst
5832  desire
5839  dissatisfaction
5866  gluttony
5869  greed
8656  longing for God
8777  lust
8821  self-indulgence



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