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)

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

Gen. 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Gen. 6:15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Gen. 13:17
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Gen. 14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Gen. 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Gen. 19:3
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Gen. 21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Gen. 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Gen. 27:17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

Gen. 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Gen. 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Gen. 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Gen. 39:6
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Gen. 41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Gen. 41:55
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

Gen. 43:25
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

Gen. 43:31
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Gen. 43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Gen. 45:23
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

Gen. 47:12
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Gen. 47:13
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

Gen. 47:15
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Gen. 47:17
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

Gen. 47:19
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Gen. 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.