27 Bible Verses about Bread

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John 6:51

If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Matthew 7:9

What man is there of you, who if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?

Bread-Matthew 7-9
1 Corinthians 11:27

So that whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Luke 11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?

Luke 11:5

And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves:

John 6:48

I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and yet died.

Luke 9:16

Then taking the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

John 6:31

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

Matthew 15:26

But he answering said, It is not right, to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

1 Corinthians 11:23

I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed,

1 Corinthians 11:24

took bread, And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me.

From Thematic Bible


Bread » Hallowed

Bread » General references to

Bread » Baking of

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

Bread » How prepared » Kneaded

Bread » Breaking of

Acts 27:35

And having spoken thus, he took bread, and gave thanks to God before them all; and having broken it, he began to eat.

Luke 24:30

And he went in, to abide with them. And as he sat at table with them, he took the bread, and blessed it, and brake and gave to them.

Acts 20:11

And going up again, and having broken bread, he conversed long with them, even till break of day, and so departed.

Bread » The principal food used by the ancients

Bread » Often given as a present

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

Bread » Sacrificed

Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves

Mark 8:14

Now they had forgotten to take bread; nor had they in the boat with them any more than one loaf.

Bread » How prepared » Baked in ovens

More verses: Leviticus 11:35

Bread » Staff of life

Bread » Kinds of » Leavened (made with yeast)

Matthew 13:33

He spake another parable to them: the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman taking, covered up in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Bread » Often put for the whole sustenance of man

Bread » Kinds of » Bread of affliction

Bread » Scarceness of, sent as a punishment

Bread » Was kneaded

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

1 Corinthians 11:23-24

I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed, took bread, And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me.

Bread » Kinds of » Unleavened (made without yeast)

Bread » Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with

Matthew 14:19-21

and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they all ate and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

Matthew 15:34-37

And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass. And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, he gave thanks and brake them and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. read more.
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets full.

Bread » Made of wheat flour

Bread » Symbolical » Of the body of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:23-24

I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed, took bread, And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me.

Bread » Sometimes unleavened

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast; not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of wickedness and malignity, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Bread » Broken for use

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

Bread » Usually leavened

Matthew 13:33

He spake another parable to them: the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman taking, covered up in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Bread » How prepared » On coals

John 21:9

When they came ashore, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Bread » Figurative

Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight

Bread » Was formed into » Cakes

Bread » Was baked » In ovens

Bread » Made by women

Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread

Bread » Making of, a trade

Bread » Publicly sold

Matthew 14:15

And in the evening his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past: send the multitude away, that going into the villages, they may buy themselves victuals.

Matthew 15:33

And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so much bread in a wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?

Bread » Kept in baskets

Bread » Was formed into » Wafers

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

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

Luke 16:21

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: yea, the dogs also came and licked his sores.

Matthew 15:27

And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

Bread » Offered with sacrifices

Bread » Made of » Wheat

Bread » Was baked » On coals of fire

John 21:9

When they came ashore, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Bread » When old, dry and mouldy

Bread » Yielded by the earth

Bread » Given by God

Bread » Made of » Barley

Bread » Called the staff of life

Bread » How prepared » In pans

Bread » How prepared » Cakes

Bread » Traffic in

Mark 6:37

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

Bread » First fruit of, offered to God

Bread » Served round after funerals

Bread » Was formed into » Loaves

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

Bread » How prepared » Wafers

Bread » By idolaters

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

Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth

Bread » Plenty of, promised to the obedient

Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression

Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance

Bread » With water, the food of prisons

Bread » Ordinary, called common bread

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

Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ

John 6:33-35

For the bread of God is he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. Then said they to him, Lord, ever give us this bread. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Bread » Was baked » On hearths

Bread » Made of » Manna (in the wilderness)

Bread » Placed on table of shew bread

Bread » Nutritious and strengthening

Bread » Troughs used for kneading

Bread » Corn ground for making

Bread » How prepared » On coals of dung

Bread » Figurative » Christ

John 6:32-35

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

Bread » Made of » Beans, millet, &c

Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow

Bread » How prepared » Mixed with oil

Bread » Meal

Bread » How prepared » Cracknels

Bread » How prepared » Honey

Bread » How prepared » On hearths

Bread » Made by men

Bread » Barley

Bread » Manna

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Bread

Food » List of articles » Bread

John 6:7

Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each of them may take a little.

Food » Articles of » Bread

Symbols and similitudes » Bread

Mark 14:22

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

Victuals » List of articles » Bread

John 6:7

Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each of them may take a little.

Topics on Bread

Bread, Figurative Of

John 6:33-35

For the bread of God is he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

Consecrated Bread

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the shew-bread; which is called The holy place.

Feast Of Unleavened Bread

Mark 14:1

And after two days was the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might apprehend him by subtlety, and put him to death.

Unleavened Bread

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Your glorying is not good: know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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