Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into the room of Johanan the son of Eliashib. And he went there, and he ate no bread nor drank water. For he mourned because of the sin of those who had been exiled.

And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

And from the time that I was chosen to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

And that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep; and birds were prepared; and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this I did not seek the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

And it happened, when Sanballat, and Tobiah and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no break left in it (though at that time I had not set the doors on the gates),

And You gave them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst. And You promised them that they should go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them so that he should curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.

He wanders for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

He breaks me with break on break; He runs on me like a giant.

How long will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.

If his sons are multiplied, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.

As through a wide break they came on; they roll under a ruin.

so that his life is sick of bread, and his soul desirable food.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them.

And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold.

Let us break their bands in two and cast away their cords from us.

You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness, until You find none.

Have all the workers of iniquity not known, eating up My people as they eat bread? They have not called on Jehovah.

I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.

Even a man, my friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind;

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called on God.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the big teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

And now all its carvings too, they break down with axes and hammers.

You divide the sea by Your strength; You break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Behold! He struck the rock so that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can He also give bread? Can He provide flesh for His people?

You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.

I will not break My covenant, nor change the thing that has gone out of My lips.

My heart is stricken, and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses break their thirst.

and wine cheers the heart of man, and oil makes his face shine, and bread sustains the heart of man.

And He called for a famine on the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

I will greatly bless her food; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Better is one despised, and having a servant, than he honoring himself and lacks bread.

He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.

Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his dainty foods;

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he pursuing vanities shall have poverty enough.

To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

remove far from me vanity and a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now is pleased with your works.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.

Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all things.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water,

in that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer; there is no bread nor a cloak in my house. You shall not make me a ruler of the people.

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing; only let us be called by your name, to take away our shame.

And now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard; I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down;

Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and break her for ourselves, and set a king in the midst of it, the son of Tabeal.

All the earth is at rest and is quiet; they break out into singing.

to break Assyria in My land, and on My mountains, trample him under foot. Then his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulders.

The people of the land of Tema brought water to him who was thirsty; they went before him who fled with their bread.

Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clods of his ground?

Bread grain is crushed, but not always does one thresh it with threshing. And he drives the wheel of his cart; and his horses do not beat it small.

And He shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces. He shall have no pity, so that there shall not be found in the breaking of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

And Jehovah gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction; yet your teachers shall not be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers.

Then He shall give the rain for your seed, with which you sow the ground. And the bread of the produce of the earth also shall be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.

And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah binds up the break of His people and heals the stroke of their wound.

He shall dwell on high; his refuge shall be the strongholds of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness waters shall break out, and streams in the desert.

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

A bruised reed He shall not break, and a smoking wick He shall not quench; He shall bring out judgment to truth.

And it shall be for a man to burn; for he will take some of it and warm himself. Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god and worships; he makes it a graven image and falls down to it.

And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.

I will go before you, and make hills level. I will break in pieces the bronze gates, and cut the iron bars in two.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

Bowed he hurries to be freed, and not that he should die in the pit, nor that he lack his bread.

Break out, sing together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Rejoice, O unfruitful one that never bore; break out a song and shout, you who never travailed. For more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married woman, says Jehovah.

for you shall break out on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall inherit the nations, and people will inhabit ruined cities.

Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring out and bud, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then shall your light break out as the dawn, and your health shall spring out quickly; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Jehovah shall gather you.

For so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.

And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig-trees. One shall beat down your fortified cities with the sword, those in which you trust.

And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and do not let them cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great break, with a very grievous blow.

Do not abhor us for Your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us.

Can one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?