Scripture Folios
Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the Lord God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Chapter Related Exodus 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Chapter Related Exodus 16:15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.” Chapter Related Exodus 16:35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. Chapter Related Exodus 25:30 And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times. Chapter Related Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord . Chapter Related 1 Kings 19:7–8 A second time the angel of the Lord returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. Chapter Related Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Chapter Related Psalm 78:24–25 He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. Chapter Related Psalm 104:15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. Chapter Related Proverbs 9:5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.” Chapter Related Isaiah 55:2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Chapter Related Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts. Chapter Related Ezekiel 3:3 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. Chapter Related Matthew 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Chapter Related Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. Chapter Related Matthew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Chapter Related Luke 24:30–31 While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight. Chapter Related John 4:32–34 But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?” Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.” Chapter Related John 6:27 “Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” Chapter Related John 6:32–33 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Chapter Related John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.” Chapter Related John 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” Chapter Related John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. Chapter Related 1 Corinthians 10:3–4 They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Chapter Related 1 Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. Chapter Related 1 Peter 2:2–3 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. Chapter Related Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. Chapter Related Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it. Chapter Related Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. Chapter Related
Eden is planted with trees good for food, and the first command is about what not to eat. From there the Bible keeps returning to the table. Israel leaves Egypt after a meal eaten in haste, and in the wilderness bread comes down from heaven; the people’s question, “What is it?”, becomes its name. Moses explains why it was given: so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone. The Bread of the Presence sits before God at all times. Elijah, worn out under a broom tree, is told to get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for him. The prophets eat God’s words and find them sweet. Then Jesus says the Father gives the true bread from heaven, and that he is it. He teaches his followers to ask for daily bread, breaks bread on the night he is betrayed, and is recognized at Emmaus as he breaks it. One loaf makes many into one body. The story ends where it began, at the tree of life, now open to those who overcome, with hidden manna besides.