Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bread' occurs 391 times in the standard works.

144 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bread' in the standard works and contain 36.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 59 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 21:3-6 (7 in 4 verses)

John 6:31-35 (6 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 18:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

John 6:48-51 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 4:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 16:3-4 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 11:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 20:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 31:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 34:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 23:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 21:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 2:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:58 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 43:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 8:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 21:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)


Judg. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

 8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?




1 Sam. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 20:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 20:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 281 102 383
Gen. 25 2 27
Ex. 34 26 60
Lev. 23 0 23
Num. 11 1 12
Deut. 12 2 14
Josh. 2 0 2
Judg. 7 1 8
Ruth 2 0 2
1 Sam. 21 1 22
2 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 19 9 28
2 Kgs. 8 0 8
1 Chr. 2 3 5
2 Chr. 5 10 15
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 5 1 6
Job 6 2 8
Ps. 14 1 15
Prov. 14 0 14
Eccl. 3 0 3
Isa. 15 1 16
Jer. 8 0 8
Lam. 4 0 4
Ezek. 19 37 56
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 3 0 3
Obad. 1 0 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 80 8 88
BM 22 1 23
DC 6 0 6
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 391 111 502

Judg. 7:13
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.

Judg. 8:5
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

Judg. 8:6
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Judg. 8:15
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

Judg. 13:16
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

Judg. 19:5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

Judg. 19:19
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

Judg. 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.