Bible verses about Bread
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Given by God
Ruth 1:6; Matthew 6:11- Yielded by the earth
Job 28:5; Isaiah 55:10- MADE OF
- Wheat
Exodus 29:2; Psalms 81:16
- Barley
Judges 7:13; John 6:9
- Beans, millet, &c
Ezekiel 4:9
- Manna (in the wilderness)
Numbers 11:8- Corn ground for making
Isaiah 28:28- Was kneaded
Genesis 18:6; Jeremiah 7:18; Hosea 7:4- Troughs used for kneading
Exodus 12:34- Usually leavened
Leviticus 23:17; Matthew 13:33- Sometimes unleavened
Exodus 12:18; I Corinthians 5:8- WAS FORMED INTO
- Loaves
I Samuel 10:3,4; Matthew 14:17
- Cakes
II Samuel 6:19; I Kings 17:13
- Wafers
Exodus 16:31; 29:23- WAS BAKED
- On hearths
Genesis 18:6
- On coals of fire
Isaiah 44:19; John 21:9
- In ovens
Leviticus 26:26; Hosea 7:4-7- Making of, a trade
Genesis 40:2; Jeremiah 37:21- Ordinary, called common bread
I Samuel 21:4- Sacred, called hallowed bread
I Samuel 21:4,6- Nutritious and strengthening
Psalms 104:15- When old, dry and mouldy
Joshua 9:5,12- Often put for the whole substance of man
Genesis 3:19; 39:6; Matthew 6:11- The principal food used by the ancients
Genesis 18:5; 21:14; 27:17; Judges 19:5- Broken for use
Lamentations 4:4; Matthew 14:19- Kept in baskets
Genesis 40:16; Exodus 29:32- Publicly sold
Matthew 14:15; 15:33- In times of scarcity, sold by weight
Leviticus 26:26; Ezekiel 4:16- Scarceness of, sent as a punishment
Psalms 105:16; Isaiah 3:1; Ezekiel 5:16- Plenty of, promised to the obedient
Leviticus 26:5- Often given as a present
I Samuel 25:18; II Samuel 16:12; I Chronicles 12:40- Served round after funerals
Ezekiel 24:17-22- With water, the food of prisons
I Kings 22:27- Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table
Matthew 15:27; Luke 16:21- First fruit of, offered to God
Numbers 15:19,20- Offered with sacrifices
Exodus 29:2,23; Numbers 28:2- Placed on table of shew bread
Exodus 25:30- Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with
Matthew 14:19-21; 15:34-37- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ
John 6:33-35
- (When broken,) of the death of Christ
Matthew 26:26; I Corinthians 11:23,24
- (Partaking of,) of communion of saints
Acts 2:46; I Corinthians 10:17
- (Want of,) of extreme poverty
Proverbs 12:9; Isaiah 3:7
- (Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty
I Samuel 2:36; Psalms 37:25; Lamentations 1:11
- (Fulness of,) of abundance
Ezekiel 16:49
- (Eating without scarceness,) of plenty
Deuteronomy 8:9
- (Of adversity,) of heavy affliction
Isaiah 30:20
- (Of tears,) of sorrow
Psalms 80:5
- (Of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Proverbs 20:17
- (Of wickedness,) of oppression
Proverbs 4:17
- (Of idleness,) of sloth
Proverbs 31:27
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Bread {Nave's}
Bread {Forerunner}