The word in Scripture

Bread in the Bible

The word bread appears 361 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Bread is daily sustenance and, in the temple and Passover, a sign of God's provision. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What bread means in the Bible

Bread is daily sustenance and, in the temple and Passover, a sign of God's provision.

Where the word bread appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word bread appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.”Psalms 14:4

“And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.”Psalms 104:15

“The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.”Isaiah 51:14

“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”Matthew 4:3

“Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?”Matthew 16:8

“And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.”Luke 24:30

“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.”John 6:35

“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.”John 21:9