Bible Encyclopedia: Bread: Called the Staff of Life

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Practical Observations.
... 5. That is food which sustains life. Bread, as the great life sustainer, is called
the staff of life. To the hungry nothing is so precious. ...
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Meditations Before Dinner and Supper.
... and prayer; and that man liveth not by bread only, but by the word of God's ordinance,
and his blessing, which is called the staff of bread: sit not ...
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That Christ is Called a Sheep and a Lamb who was to be Slain, and ...
... That Christ is called a sheep and a lamb who was ... with fire; and they shall eat
unleavened bread with bitter ... your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your ...
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The Life of Paulus the First Hermit.
... for thirty years and lived on barley bread and muddy water, while another in an
old cistern (called in the ... and guiding his weak limbs with a staff, started to ...
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Now Comes the Second Part of the Prayer, in which we Descend to ...
... or, as he himself calls it, the staff of bread ... what they most of all abominate, namely,
daily bread only, and ... In its being called ours, God, as we have already ...
/.../calvin/of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 44 now comes the.htm

The Life of St. Peter the Apostle
... Clement witnesseth, for he said: Bread only with olives, and ... her passion, he had
great joy and called her by ... Peter gave to him his staff and commanded that he ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of st peter.htm

Here Beginneth the Life of Isaac
... in the way that I walk, and give me bread to eat ... said: These be the castles of God,
and called that place ... thou hast granted to thy servant, with my staff I have ...
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On the Sunday Called "Episozomenes," to those who had Come to ...
... quite on the contrary, bidding farewell to staff and beard ... And Judæa is called Lebanon,
because of its situation ... month, [1781] and there was no bread for the ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xix on the sunday.htm

Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and ...
... Then Probus called Xanthippe to supper, and when she consented not ... Then taking bread
also he gave her the eucharist saying ... to the eagle and left his staff to them ...
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Frugality a Good Provision for the Christian.
... when the rich are travelling, are allegorically called shoes. ... must carry with him
the fair staff of beneficence ... righteous man shall not live by bread alone, but ...
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Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
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Ezekiel 5:16
When I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread:
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Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand on it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine on it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
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Subtopics

Bread

Bread by Idolaters

Bread in Times of Scarcity, Sold by Weight

Bread of Christ

Bread was Baked in Ovens

Bread was Baked: On Coals of Fire

Bread was Baked: On Hearths

Bread was Formed Into: Cakes

Bread was Formed Into: Loaves

Bread was Formed Into: Wafers

Bread was Kneaded