Spiritual Food

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? — read the full passage →

And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. — read the full passage →

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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.

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. — read the full passage →

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

I am that bread of life.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. — read the full passage →

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. — read the full passage →

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. — read the full passage →

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Then Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: — read the full passage →

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — read the full passage →

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. — read the full passage →

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: — read the full passage →

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. — read the full passage →

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? — read the full passage →

When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. — read the full passage →

Give us this day our daily bread.

Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. — read the full passage →

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — read the full passage →

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! — read the full passage →

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;