לֶ֫חֶם

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

…wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

…it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

…a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

…he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

…until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.