Bible Verses about “spiritual food”

“But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”

“Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?”

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.”

“They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”

“as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,”

“But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.”

“For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

“This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."”

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.”

“Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.”

“This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

“He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.”

“Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"”

“I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."”

“Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.”

“Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"”

“Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."”

“But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.”

“He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."”

“Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"”

“But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?”

“Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?”

“At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

“The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"”

“You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.”

“He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.”

“You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.”

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?”

“They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.”

“My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.”

“The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,”