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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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

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