38 Bible Verses about Bread

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John 6:51

I am that living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

Ezekiel 4:9

"Wherefore, take unto thee wheat, barley, beans, growell seed, Millium and fitches: and put these together in a vessel, and make thee loaves of bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou must lie upon thy side: that thou mayest have bread to eat, for three hundred and ninety days.

Matthew 7:9

Is there any man among you which, if his son asked him bread, would offer him a stone?

1 Corinthians 11:27

Wherefore whosoever shall eat of this bread, or drink of the cup unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Luke 11:11

If the son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father: will he give him a stone? Or if he ask fish, will he for a fish, give him a serpent?

Luke 11:5

And he said unto them, "If any of you should have a friend, and should go to him at midnight, and say unto him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

Luke 9:16

And he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples, to set before the people.

John 6:31

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

Joshua 9:12

This, our provision of bread, we took with us out of our houses, hot, the day we departed to come unto you. And now behold it is dried up and hoared.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.

Matthew 15:26

He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to whelps."

1 Corinthians 11:23

That which I delivered unto you I received of the Lord. For the Lord Jesus the same night in the which he was betrayed, took bread,

1 Kings 17:13

And Elijah said unto her, "Fear not, but go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first of all, and bring it out to me, and afterward make for thee and thy son.

1 Corinthians 11:24

and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled thee and made thee hunger and fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy father knew of, to make thee know that a man must not live by bread only: but by all that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD must a man live.

Amos 8:11

"Behold, the time cometh," sayeth the LORD God, "that I shall send a hunger into the earth. Not the hunger of bread, nor the thirst of water: but a hunger to hear the word of the LORD.

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Bread » Hallowed

Numbers 4:7

And upon the shew-table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread shall be thereon:

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set upon the table, shewbread before me always.

Leviticus 24:5

And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve wastels thereof, two tenth deals shall every wastel be.

1 Samuel 21:6

And so the priest gave him hallowed bread, for there was none other bread there save showbreads that were taken from before the LORD; to put fresh bread there the day that it was taken away.

1 Chronicles 9:32

And other of their brethren, the sons of Kohath, had the oversight of the shewbread, to prepare against all Sabbaths.

Bread » General references to

2 Kings 4:42

There came a man from Baalshalishah and brought the man of God bread of first fruits, even twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in a cloth he had. And Elisha bade put it before the people that they might eat. Then his minister said,

1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a flacket of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

Genesis 18:5

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, to comfort your hearts withal. And then go your ways, for even therefore are ye come to your servant." And they answered, "Do even so as thou hast said."

Bread » Baking of

1 Samuel 28:24

The woman had a fat calf in the house, and that she hasted and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it and did bake him sweet cakes,

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Exodus 16:23

And he said unto them, "This is that which the LORD hath said, 'Tomorrow is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORD: bake that which ye will bake and fetch that ye will fetch, and that which remaineth lay up for you, and keep it till the morning."

Leviticus 2:4

If any man bring a meat offering that is baken in the oven, let him bring sweet cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.

More verses: 1 Kings 19:6 Isaiah 44:15

Bread » How prepared » Kneaded

Hosea 7:4

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened.

1 Samuel 28:24

The woman had a fat calf in the house, and that she hasted and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it and did bake him sweet cakes,

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather sticks, the fathers kindle the fire, the mothers knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

Exodus 8:3

And the river shall scrale with frogs, and they shall come up and go into thine house and into thy chamber where thou sleepest and upon thy bed, and into the houses of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and upon thy victuals which thou hast in store.

Bread » Breaking of

Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Acts 27:35

And when he had thus spoken he took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eat.

Luke 24:30

And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it unto them.

Acts 20:11

When he was come up again, he brake bread, and tasted, and communed a long while: even till the morning, and so departed.

Bread » The principal food used by the ancients

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle with water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulders with the lad also, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered up and down in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 18:5

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, to comfort your hearts withal. And then go your ways, for even therefore are ye come to your servant." And they answered, "Do even so as thou hast said."

Genesis 27:17

And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob.

Judges 19:5

The fourth day they arose early in the morning, and the man stood up to depart. But the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, "Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread and then go your way."

Bread » Often given as a present

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred bundles of raisins and two hundred frails of figs, and laded them on asses,

2 Samuel 16:12

Haply, the LORD will look on my wretchedness, and do me good for his cursing this day."

1 Chronicles 12:40

Moreover, they that were nigh to them, as Issachar, Zebulun and, Naphtali, brought bread on asses, camels, mules and oxen, and meat: flour, figs, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep abundantly. For there was mirth in Israel.

Bread » Illustrative » (seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty

1 Samuel 2:36

And they that are left in thine house, shall come and crouch to him for a little piece of silver and a cake of bread, and shall say: put me, I pray thee, in one office or other among the priests, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'"

Lamentations 1:11

{Khaf} All her people seek their bread with heaviness, and look: what precious things every man hath, that giveth he for meat to save his life. Consider, O LORD, and see, how vile I am become.

Bread » Sacrificed

1 Samuel 2:36

And they that are left in thine house, shall come and crouch to him for a little piece of silver and a cake of bread, and shall say: put me, I pray thee, in one office or other among the priests, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'"

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy unto their God, and not pollute the name of their God, for the sacrifices of the LORD and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they must be holy.

Leviticus 21:8

Sanctify him therefore, for he offereth up the bread of God: he shall therefore be holy unto thee, for I the LORD which sanctify you, am holy.

Leviticus 21:17

"Speak unto Aaron and say, 'No man of thy seed in their generations that hath any deformity upon him, shall preace for to offer the bread of his God:

Leviticus 21:21-22

No man that is deformed of the seed of Aaron the priest, shall come nigh to offer the sacrifices of the LORD. If he have a deformity, he shall not preace to offer the bread of his God. Notwithstanding, he shall eat of the bread of his God: even as well of the most holy, as of the holy:

Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves

1 Samuel 17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren.

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred bundles of raisins and two hundred frails of figs, and laded them on asses,

1 Samuel 10:3

Then thou shalt go forth from thence and shalt come to the oak of Tabor. And there shalt thou meet three men going to God to Bethel: one carrying three kids; and another carrying three loaves of bread; and the third carrying a bottle of wine.

1 Kings 14:3

And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels and a cruse of honey, and go to him: for he will tell thee what shall come of the lad."

Mark 8:14

And they had forgotten to take bread with them, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

Bread » How prepared » Baked in ovens

Hosea 7:4

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened.

Leviticus 2:4

If any man bring a meat offering that is baken in the oven, let him bring sweet cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.

Exodus 8:3

And the river shall scrale with frogs, and they shall come up and go into thine house and into thy chamber where thou sleepest and upon thy bed, and into the houses of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and upon thy victuals which thou hast in store.

Leviticus 7:9

And all the meat offerings that are baken in the oven, and all that is dressed upon the gridiron and in the frying pan, shall be the priests' that offereth them.

More verses: Leviticus 11:35

Bread » Staff of life

Ezekiel 14:13

"Thou son of man, when the land sinneth against me and goeth forth in wickedness: I will stretch out mine hand upon it, and destroy all the provision of their bread, and send dearth upon them, to destroy man and beast in the land.

Ezekiel 5:16

When I shoot among them the perilous darts of hunger, which shall be but death: Yea, therefore shall I shoot them, because I will destroy you. I will increase hunger, and diminish all the provision of bread among you.

Ezekiel 4:16

And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink.

Bread » Kinds of » Leavened (made with yeast)

Hosea 7:4

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened.

Leviticus 7:13

and he shall bring his offering upon cakes made of leavened bread unto the thank offering of his peace offerings,

Leviticus 23:17

And ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves made of two tenth deals of fine flour, leavened and baken, for first fruits unto the LORD.

Amos 4:5

Ye made a thank offering of leaven, ye promised free will offerings, and proclaimed them. Such lust had ye, O ye children of Israel,' sayeth the LORD God.

Matthew 13:33

Another similitude said he to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meal, till all be leavened."

Bread » Often put for the whole sustenance of man

Genesis 39:6

And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored.

Bread » Kinds of » Bread of affliction

Isaiah 30:20

And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,

1 Kings 22:27

and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'"

Hosea 9:4

They pour out no wine for a drink offering unto the LORD, neither give they him their slain offerings: but they be unto them as mourner's meats, wherein all they that eat them are defiled. For the bread that they have such lust unto, shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Bread » Scarceness of, sent as a punishment

Ezekiel 5:16

When I shoot among them the perilous darts of hunger, which shall be but death: Yea, therefore shall I shoot them, because I will destroy you. I will increase hunger, and diminish all the provision of bread among you.

Psalm 105:16

Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread.

Isaiah 3:1

For lo, shall the LORD God of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and Judah all possessions and power, all meat and drink,

Bread » Was kneaded

Hosea 7:4

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened.

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather sticks, the fathers kindle the fire, the mothers knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

Bread » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the death of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:23-24

That which I delivered unto you I received of the Lord. For the Lord Jesus the same night in the which he was betrayed, took bread, and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."

Bread » Kinds of » Unleavened (made without yeast)

1 Samuel 28:24

The woman had a fat calf in the house, and that she hasted and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it and did bake him sweet cakes,

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -

Genesis 19:3

And he compelled them exceedingly. And they turned in unto him and entered into his house, and he made them a feast and did bake sweet cakes, and they ate.

Judges 6:19

And Gideon went and made ready a kid, and sweet cakes of an Ephah of flour, and put the flesh in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak and presented it.

Bread » Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with

Matthew 14:19-21

And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they gathered up of the gobbets that remained twelve baskets full. And they that ate were in number about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Matthew 15:34-37

And Jesus said unto them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes." And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; And took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. read more.
And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Bread » Made of wheat flour

1 Kings 5:11

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household withal, and twenty butts of pure oil. And so much gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -

1 Kings 4:22

And Solomon's food was in one day thirty quarters of manchet flour and three score quarters of meal;

Psalm 81:16

He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."

Bread » Symbolical » Of the body of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:23-24

That which I delivered unto you I received of the Lord. For the Lord Jesus the same night in the which he was betrayed, took bread, and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."

Acts 20:7

And on the morrow after the Sabbath day the disciples came together for to break bread, and Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued the preaching unto midnight.

Bread » Sometimes unleavened

Exodus 12:18

The first month and the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat sweet bread unto the twenty-first day of the month at even again.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

Bread » Broken for use

Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Lamentations 4:4

{Daleth} The tongues of the sucking children, cleave to the roof of their mouths for very thirst. The young children ask bread, but there is no man that giveth it them.

Bread » Illustrative » (partaking of,) of communion of saints

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because that we - though we be many - yet are one bread, and one body inasmuch as we all are partakers of one bread.

Bread » Usually leavened

Leviticus 23:17

And ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves made of two tenth deals of fine flour, leavened and baken, for first fruits unto the LORD.

Matthew 13:33

Another similitude said he to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meal, till all be leavened."

Bread » How prepared » On coals

1 Kings 19:6

And he looked about him: and see, there was a loaf of broiled bread and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank and laid him down again to sleep.

Isaiah 44:19

They ponder not in their minds, for they have neither knowledge nor understanding, to think thus, "I have burnt one piece in the fire; I have baked bread with the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh withal, and eaten it: shall I now of the residue make an abomination, and fall down before a rotten piece of wood?"

John 21:9

As soon as they were come to land, they saw hot coals laid and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Bread » Figurative

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because that we - though we be many - yet are one bread, and one body inasmuch as we all are partakers of one bread.

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.

Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight

Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.

Ezekiel 4:16

And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink.

Bread » Was formed into » Cakes

2 Samuel 6:19

and gave among all the folk - even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men - every one a cake of bread and a piece of flesh and a flacket of wine. And so the people departed every man to his house.

1 Kings 17:13

And Elijah said unto her, "Fear not, but go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first of all, and bring it out to me, and afterward make for thee and thy son.

Bread » Was baked » In ovens

Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.

Hosea 7:4-7

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened. Even so goeth it this day with our kings and princes, for they begin to be wood drunken through wine: they use familiarity with such as deceive them. They with the imagination of their heart are like an oven, their sleep is all night like the sleep of a baker, in the morning is he as hot as the flame of fire: read more.
they are altogether as hot as an oven. They have devoured their own judges, all their kings are fallen: yet is there none of them that calleth upon me.

Bread » Made by women

1 Samuel 8:13

And he will take your daughters and make them the dressers of his ointments, and his cooks and bakers.

Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather sticks, the fathers kindle the fire, the mothers knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:6

And so the priest gave him hallowed bread, for there was none other bread there save showbreads that were taken from before the LORD; to put fresh bread there the day that it was taken away.

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David and said, "There is no common bread under mine hand - but there is hallowed bread, if the young men have abstained only from women."

Bread » Making of, a trade

Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah the king commanded to put Jeremiah in the fore entry of the prison, and daily to be given him a cake of bread of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the fore entry of the prison.

Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was angry with them and put them in ward in his chief marshal's house:

Bread » Publicly sold

Matthew 14:15

When even was come, his disciples came to him saying, "This is a desert place, and the day is spent, let the people depart that they may go in to the towns, and buy them victuals."

Matthew 15:33

And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?"

Bread » Kept in baskets

Genesis 40:16

When the chief baker saw that he had well interpreted it, he said unto Joseph, "Me thought also in my dream, that I had three wicker baskets on my head.

Exodus 29:32

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of him, and the bread that is in the basket: even in the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Bread » Was formed into » Wafers

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called it Manna. And it was like unto Coriander seed and white, and the taste of it was like unto wafers made with honey.

Exodus 29:23

and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD,

Bread » Illustrative » (want of,) of extreme poverty

Proverbs 12:9

A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better than one that is gorgeous and lacketh bread.

Isaiah 3:7

Then shall he swear and say, "I cannot help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people."

Bread » Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table

Luke 16:21

desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores.

Matthew 15:27

She answered and said, "It is truth, nevertheless the whelps eat of the crumbs, which fall from their masters' table."

Bread » Offered with sacrifices

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -

Exodus 29:23

and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD,

Bread » Made of » Wheat

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -

Psalm 81:16

He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."

Bread » Was baked » On coals of fire

Isaiah 44:19

They ponder not in their minds, for they have neither knowledge nor understanding, to think thus, "I have burnt one piece in the fire; I have baked bread with the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh withal, and eaten it: shall I now of the residue make an abomination, and fall down before a rotten piece of wood?"

John 21:9

As soon as they were come to land, they saw hot coals laid and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Bread » When old, dry and mouldy

Joshua 9:5

and old clouted shoes upon their feet, and old raiment upon them and all their provision of bread was dried up and hoared.

Joshua 9:12

This, our provision of bread, we took with us out of our houses, hot, the day we departed to come unto you. And now behold it is dried up and hoared.

Bread » Yielded by the earth

Job 28:5

He bringeth food out of the earth, and that which is under, consumeth he with fire.

Isaiah 55:10

And like as the rain and snow cometh down from heaven, and returneth not thither again, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitful and green, that it may give corn and bread unto the sower:

Bread » Given by God

Ruth 1:6

Then she stood up with her daughters-in-law and returned from the country of Moab: for she had heard say, being in the country of Moab, how that the LORD hath visited his people and given them food.

Bread » Made of » Barley

Judges 7:13

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow and said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream and me thought that a broiled loaf of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along."

Bread » Called the staff of life

Ezekiel 14:13

"Thou son of man, when the land sinneth against me and goeth forth in wickedness: I will stretch out mine hand upon it, and destroy all the provision of their bread, and send dearth upon them, to destroy man and beast in the land.

Ezekiel 5:16

When I shoot among them the perilous darts of hunger, which shall be but death: Yea, therefore shall I shoot them, because I will destroy you. I will increase hunger, and diminish all the provision of bread among you.

Ezekiel 4:16

And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink.

Bread » How prepared » In pans

Leviticus 2:5

If thy meat offering be baken in the frying pan, then it shall be of sweet flour mingled with oil.

Leviticus 2:7

If thy meat offering be a thing broiled upon the gridiron, of flour mingled with oil it shall be.

2 Samuel 13:6-9

And Amnon lay down and made himself sick. And when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto him, "Let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of fritters in my sight, that I may eat of her hand." And David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to thy brother Amnon's house and dress him meat. When Tamar came to her brother Amnon's house, he lay. And she took flour and made paste and made fritters in his sight and did bake them, read more.
and took a platter and poured them out before him. And Amnon would not eat, but commanded to have out all men from him. And they went all out from him.

Bread » How prepared » Cakes

1 Kings 17:12

And she answered, "As surely as the LORD thy God liveth, I have no bread, but even a handful of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse. And see, I have gathered a few sticks for to go and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it and then die."

2 Samuel 6:19

and gave among all the folk - even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men - every one a cake of bread and a piece of flesh and a flacket of wine. And so the people departed every man to his house.

Bread » Traffic in

Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah the king commanded to put Jeremiah in the fore entry of the prison, and daily to be given him a cake of bread of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the fore entry of the prison.

Mark 6:37

He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"

Bread » First fruit of, offered to God

Numbers 15:19-20

then when ye will eat of the bread of the land, ye shall give a heave offering unto the LORD. Ye shall give a cake of the first of your dough unto a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the barn, even so ye shall heave it.

Bread » Served round after funerals

Ezekiel 24:17-22

Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" read more.
I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;

Bread » Was formed into » Loaves

1 Samuel 10:3-4

Then thou shalt go forth from thence and shalt come to the oak of Tabor. And there shalt thou meet three men going to God to Bethel: one carrying three kids; and another carrying three loaves of bread; and the third carrying a bottle of wine. And they will salute thee and give thee two loaves of bread: which thou shalt receive of their hands.

Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Bread » How prepared » Wafers

Exodus 29:23

and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD,

Exodus 16:21

And they gathered it all mornings: every man as much as sufficed for his eating, for as soon as the heat of the sun came it melted.

Bread » By idolaters

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather sticks, the fathers kindle the fire, the mothers knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings unto strange gods, to provoke me unto wrath.

Jeremiah 44:19

Last of all, when we women did sacrifice and offered unto the Queen of heaven, did we make her cakes and pour unto her drink offerings, to do her service, without our husbands' wills?"

Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain

Proverbs 20:17

Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth

Bread » Plenty of, promised to the obedient

Leviticus 26:5

And the threshing shall reach unto wine harvest, and the wine harvest shall reach unto sowing time, and ye shall eat your bread in plenteousness, and shall dwell in your land peaceably.

Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression

Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, the sins of thy sister Sodom, were these: Pride, fullness of meat, abundance and Idleness: these things had she and her daughters. Besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy,

Bread » With water, the food of prisons

1 Kings 22:27

and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'"

Bread » Ordinary, called common bread

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David and said, "There is no common bread under mine hand - but there is hallowed bread, if the young men have abstained only from women."

Bread » Illustrative » (of adversity,) of heavy affliction

Isaiah 30:20

And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,

Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ

John 6:33-35

For he is the bread of God, which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world." Then said they unto him, "Lord, ever more give us this bread." And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Bread » Was baked » On hearths

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Bread » Made of » Manna (in the wilderness)

Numbers 11:8

And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars and boke it in pans and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like unto the taste of an oilcake.

Bread » Placed on table of shew bread

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set upon the table, shewbread before me always.

Bread » Nutritious and strengthening

Bread » Troughs used for kneading

Exodus 12:34

And the people took the dough before it was soured which they had in store, and bound it in cloths, and put it upon their shoulders.

Bread » Corn ground for making

Isaiah 28:28

As for the wheat, he grindeth it to make bread thereof; Inasmuch as he cannot bring it to pass with treading out. For neither the bruising that the cart wheels make, nor his beasts, can grind it.

Bread » How prepared » On coals of dung

Ezekiel 4:12

Barley cakes shalt thou eat, yet shalt thou first strike them over with man's dung, that they may see it."

Ezekiel 4:15

Whereunto he answered me, and said, "Well then, I will grant thee to take cow's dung, for the dung of a man, and to strike the bread over withal, before them."

Bread » Figurative » Christ

John 6:32-35

Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you bread from heaven: but my father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For he is the bread of God, which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world." Then said they unto him, "Lord, ever more give us this bread." read more.
And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Bread » Made of » Beans, millet, &c

Ezekiel 4:9

"Wherefore, take unto thee wheat, barley, beans, growell seed, Millium and fitches: and put these together in a vessel, and make thee loaves of bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou must lie upon thy side: that thou mayest have bread to eat, for three hundred and ninety days.

Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.

Bread » How prepared » Mixed with oil

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -

Exodus 29:23

and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD,

Bread » Meal

1 Kings 17:12

And she answered, "As surely as the LORD thy God liveth, I have no bread, but even a handful of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse. And see, I have gathered a few sticks for to go and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it and then die."

Bread » How prepared » Cracknels

1 Kings 14:3

And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels and a cruse of honey, and go to him: for he will tell thee what shall come of the lad."

Bread » How prepared » Honey

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called it Manna. And it was like unto Coriander seed and white, and the taste of it was like unto wafers made with honey.

Bread » How prepared » On hearths

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Bread » Made by men

Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was angry with them and put them in ward in his chief marshal's house:

Bread » Barley

Judges 7:13

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow and said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream and me thought that a broiled loaf of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along."

Bread » Manna

Numbers 11:8

And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars and boke it in pans and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like unto the taste of an oilcake.

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1 Samuel 17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren.

Genesis 18:5

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, to comfort your hearts withal. And then go your ways, for even therefore are ye come to your servant." And they answered, "Do even so as thou hast said."

Food » List of articles » Bread

1 Samuel 17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren.

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Exodus 13:6

Seven days thou shalt eat sweet bread, and the seventh day shall be feastful unto the LORD.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little."

Food » Articles of » Bread

1 Samuel 17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren.

Genesis 18:5

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, to comfort your hearts withal. And then go your ways, for even therefore are ye come to your servant." And they answered, "Do even so as thou hast said."

Symbols and similitudes » Bread

Mark 14:22

And as they ate, Jesus took bread, blessed and brake it and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; This is my body."

Victuals » List of articles » Bread

1 Samuel 17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, "Take for thy brethren this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren.

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham went a pace into his tent unto Sara, and said, Make ready at once three pecks of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes."

Exodus 13:6

Seven days thou shalt eat sweet bread, and the seventh day shall be feastful unto the LORD.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little."

Topics on Bread

Baking Bread

Exodus 12:39

And they baked sweet cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt, for it was not soured: because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared them any other provision of meat.

Bread, Figurative Of

Isaiah 30:20

And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,

Bread, Kinds Of

Exodus 12:39

And they baked sweet cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt, for it was not soured: because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared them any other provision of meat.

Consecrated Bread

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show bread, which is called holy.

Feast Of Unleavened Bread

Exodus 12:15-20

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, so that even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be plucked out from Israel.

Unleavened Bread

Exodus 12:39

And they baked sweet cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt, for it was not soured: because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared them any other provision of meat.

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