Deuteronomy 8:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Cross References

Psalm 105:40

They asked, and he brought quails and gave them food from heaven in abundance.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

Luke 4:4

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:3

and all ate the same spiritual food,

Deuteronomy 29:5

I have led you forty years in the wilderness. The clothes on your back have not worn out, and the sandals on your feet have not worn out;

Deuteronomy 29:6

you have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink—so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:47

This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

Deuteronomy 9:9

When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.