TopicCreation & NatureBoth Testaments
bread
bread in the Bible points to God's creative power and His ongoing sustenance of the world He made.
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Verse Refs
21
Books
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Sub-Topics
Overview
What does the Bible say about bread? Browse 8 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
Topical Index
33 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
Called the STAFF OF LIFE
Ezekiel 4:16Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 14:13
KINDS OF
Bread of affliction
1 Kings 22:27Psalms 127:2Hosea 9:4Isaiah 30:20
Leavened (made with yeast)
Leviticus 7:13Leviticus 23:17Hosea 7:4Amos 4:5Matthew 13:33
Unleavened (made without yeast)
Genesis 19:3Exodus 29:2Judges 6:191 Samuel 28:24
Made of wheat flour
Exodus 29:21 Kings 4:221 Kings 5:11Psalms 81:16
Manna
Numbers 11:8
Meal
1 Kings 17:12
Barley
Judges 7:13
HOW PREPARED
Mixed with oil
Exodus 29:2,23
Honey
Exodus 16:31
With leaven, or ferment
Also see [726]LEAVEN
Kneaded
Genesis 18:6Exodus 8:3Exodus 12:341 Samuel 28:242 Samuel 13:8Jeremiah 7:18+1 more
Made into loaves
1 Samuel 10:31 Samuel 17:171 Samuel 25:181 Kings 14:3Mark 8:14
Cakes
2 Samuel 6:191 Kings 17:12
Wafers
Exodus 16:21Exodus 29:23
Cracknels
1 Kings 14:3
Baked in ovens
Exodus 8:3Leviticus 2:4Leviticus 7:9Leviticus 11:35Leviticus 26:26Hosea 7:4
in pans
Leviticus 2:5,72 Samuel 13:6-9
on hearths
Genesis 18:6
on coals
1 Kings 19:6Isaiah 44:19John 21:9
on coals of dung
Ezekiel 4:12,15
Made by men
Genesis 40:2
... and 8 more sub-topics
Key Verses
1
Ezekiel 4:16
Called the STAFF OF LIFE
2
1 Kings 22:27
Bread of affliction
3
Leviticus 7:13
Leavened (made with yeast)
4
Genesis 19:3
Unleavened (made without yeast)
5
Exodus 29:2
Made of wheat flour
6
Numbers 11:8
Manna
7
1 Kings 17:12
Meal
8
Judges 7:13
Barley
9
Exodus 29:2,23
Mixed with oil
10
Exodus 16:31
Honey