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Is malnutrition or starvation talked about in the Bible?

The terms "malnutrition" and "starvation" are not referenced in Scripture although "famine" and "hunger" are used quite a bit. In almost every situation, a "famine" is brought on either by divine intervention in withholding the blessing of rain, or by the consequences of a siege - when God allowed a foreign army to surround a city and "starve" it into submission.

There are some accounts when the people were so hungry that they actually resorted to cannibalism. This greatly angered God and carried serious consequences.

The following are some verses where the issue of hunger is addressed in Scripture. I trust they will be helpful:

1) Hunger as a form of judgment: Deuteronomy 28:48; Proverbs 10:3; Proverbs 19:15;
2) Promised to not lay hold of the righteous: Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 7:16;

I trust his brief comment can be of assistance.

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