Bible Verses About Bread
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bread, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,505 votes, led by Matthew 4:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bread
Matthew 4:4147 votes
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
John 6:32-35137 votes
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:50-71121 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Matthew 26:2697 votes
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
1 Corinthians 10:1792 votes
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
John 6:3587 votes
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Matthew 6:1178 votes
Give us this day our daily bread.
Ecclesiastes 9:777 votes
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
John 6:47-5063 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Ecclesiastes 11:158 votes
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
John 6:55-5957 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Leviticus 26:2656 votes
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Exodus 29:2353 votes
And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:
John 6:5148 votes
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: 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.
1 Kings 17:1247 votes
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
John 6:5047 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
2 Corinthians 9:1047 votes
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Deuteronomy 8:346 votes
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Luke 22:1946 votes
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Exodus 29:244 votes
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Acts 20:744 votes
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Genesis 14:1842 votes
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Isaiah 55:241 votes
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Judges 7:1337 votes
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Psalms 81:1634 votes
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
What does the Bible say about bread?
Readers most often cite Matthew 4:4 on the subject of bread. Across 3,505 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 6:32-35, John 6:50-71, Matthew 26:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.