The word in Scripture

Corn in the Bible

The word corn appears 102 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Corn is grain, the staff of life and the fruit of the field. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What corn means in the Bible

Corn is grain, the staff of life and the fruit of the field.

Where the word corn appears

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

“And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.”Genesis 41:5

“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?”Genesis 42:1

“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.”Psalms 4:7

“The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.”Psalms 65:13

“At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”Matthew 12:1

“For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”Mark 4:28

“And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.”Luke 6:1

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”John 12:24