Isaiah 30:20
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20 And though the Lord gives you
(A)The bread of adversity and the water of [a]affliction,
Yet (B)your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.
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- Isaiah 30:20 oppression
Psalm 80:5
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5 (A)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
Acts 14:22
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22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, (A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, (B)“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
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1 Kings 22:27
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27 and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in (A)prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”
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Amos 8:11-12
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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But (A)of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall (B)not find it.
Psalm 127:2
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2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To (A)eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
Psalm 74:9
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9 We do not see our signs;
(A)There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
Psalm 102:9
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,
Psalm 30:5
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5 For (A)His anger is but for a moment,
(B)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But [a]joy comes in the morning.
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- Psalm 30:5 a shout of joy
Deuteronomy 16:3
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3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; (A)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may (B)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
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Ezekiel 4:13-17
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13 Then the Lord said, “So (A)shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”
14 So I said, (B)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (C)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (D)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”
15 Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
16 Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the (E)supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall (F)eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall (G)drink water by measure and with dread, 17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and (H)waste away because of their iniquity.
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- Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18
Matthew 9:38
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38 (A)Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
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Ezekiel 24:22-23
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22 And you shall do as I have done; (A)you shall not cover your [a]lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow. 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; (B)you shall neither mourn nor weep, but (C)you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.
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- Ezekiel 24:22 Lit. moustache
2 Chronicles 18:26
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26 and say, ‘Thus says the king: (A)“Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.” ’ ”
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Ephesians 4:11
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11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
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