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As you will have noticed, every edition of Spiritual Manna begins with a reference to a Scripture. The devotional might be a deep study of that verse or the passage associated with that verse, or it might involve that verse somehow in some other discussion.
Nevertheless, below is an archival listing of Spiritual Manna by Scriptural reference, broken down by Biblical book.
Old Testament
Genesis
- 1.1: Beginnings
- 2.1: The End of the Beginning
- 2.8: Placed in God’s Garden
- 2.15: Work
- 3.4-5: The Serpent’s Deception
- 4.1: Deep Knowledge
- 4.16-17: Civilization
- 5.21-24: Enoch
- 6.4: The Nephilim
- 11.4: The Tower of Babel and Human Religion
- 11.6-7: Babel and Human Potential
- 11.9: Babel as Babylon
- 15.6: Faith Counted as Righteousness
- 22.8: God Will Provide
- 32.28: Wrestles With God
Exodus
- 4.13: Send Someone Else!
- 12.17: A Perpetual Ordinance
- 12.25-27: When They Ask
- 16.4: The Trust Test
- 20.2: The Foundation of the Law
- 20.3: The First Commandment
- 20.4-5a: The Second Commandment
- 20.5ab: The Jealous God
- 20.5c-6: Iniquity of the Fathers and Children
- 20.7: Taking God’s Name in Vain
- 20.8: Rest
- 20.9-11: Sabbath
- 20.12: Honor Father and Mother
- 20.13: Thou Shalt Not Kill
- 20.14: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
- 20.15: Thou Shalt Not Steal
- 20.16: The Ninth Commandment
- 20:17: The Tenth Commandment
- 22:21, 23:9: Refugees
Leviticus
- 6.25-29: Jesus, Our Sin Offering
- 17.10-14: Blood
Numbers
- 13.30-33: The Spies’ Report
- 16.1-3: God’s Chosen People
- 20.12: Sanctifying God
Deuteronomy
- 8.3: Spiritual Manna
- 17.6: Two or Three Witnesses
- 18.15: The Prophet Like Moses
- 21.22-23: Hung Upon a Tree
- 29.18-21: Stubbornness in Heart
- 29.29: The Secret Things
- 30:19-20: The Choice
Joshua
Judges
- 2.10: Knew Not the LORD
- 6.13: Gideon’s Perspective
- 7.9-11a: Gideon’s Tests
- 11.30-31: Jephthah’s Vow
- 16.15: Samson’s Women
- 16.28: Samson and Revenge
- 17.6: No King in Israel
- 17.13: Micah’s Certainty
Ruth
- 3.9: Redemption
1 Samuel
- 3.1-10: Hearing the Voice of God
- 8.19-20: Give Us a King!
- 15:3: The God of the Old and New Testaments
- 15.22-23: Rejecting God’s Words
- 26.21: Mistakes
2 Samuel
- 11.3: Bathsheba
- 12.24-25: Solomon’s Accession
- 24.24: The Cost of Sacrifice
1 Kings
- 12.8: Rehoboam’s Folly
- 16.29-30: Telling History
- 17.1: The Futility of Idols
- 18.17-18: The Troubler of Israel
2 Kings
- 5.11-12: Naaman and Obedient Faith
- 5.17-19: Discomfited Theology
- 6.15-17: The Spiritual Reality
- 18.1-3: Telling History
- 20.12-19: The Enemy of My Enemy
1 Chronicles
- 12.32: Understanding the Times
- 21.17: Taking Responsibility
2 Chronicles
- 36.15-16: No Remedy
Ezra
- 7.6: Ezra the Scribe
Nehemiah
Esther
- 4.13-14: For Such a Time as This
Job
- 2.9-10: Receiving Good and Evil
- 28.28: The Beginning of Wisdom
The Psalms
- 1.1-6: Blessed Are the Righteous
- 2.1-2: The Rage of the Nations
- 3.1-8: Faith Despite Hostility
- 8.3-5: What Is Man?
- 11.3: Foundations
- 14.1: The Fool Speaks in His Heart
- 18.1-3: Refuge
- 19.1-14: Structure in the Creation
- 20:6-9: Making Mention of the Name
- 22.29-31: He Has Done It
- 23.1: The Shepherd
- 32.7: Protection
- 33.6-9: The Power of the Word
- 37.39-40: The Stronghold
- 38.1: No Soundness in My Flesh
- 42.1-2: Panting and Thirsting for God
- 44.22-24: A Raw Psalm
- 46.1: God, Our Refuge and Strength
- 51.5: David’s Sinfulness
- 55.12-14: Betrayal
- 56.1-4: Enemies
- 62.1: Wait in Silence
- 73.23-25: Desiring God
- 73.27-28: Asaph and the Wicked
- 89.1-4: The Ground of Complaint
- 90.10-12: Numbering our Days
- 106.6: A Time For Lament and Confession
- 110.4: The Messiah: King and Priest
- 119.57-64: The Basis of Torah
- 127.1-2: The Source of Security
- 133.1: Good and Pleasant Unity
- 136.1: Anthems
- 137.3-4: Singing in a Strange Land
- 139.14: Wonderfully Made
Proverbs
- 1.7, 3.19: The Foundation of Knowledge
- 7.1-5: Wisdom in Avoiding Immorality
- 12.1: Reproof
- 12.25: Encouraging Words
- 13.1, 15.5: Reproof
- 23.29-35: The Folly of Alcohol
- 31:10: The Worthy Woman
Ecclesiastes
- 1.2-3: Futility in Effort
- 1.9: The Myth of Progress
- 1.13-14: Busy!
- 1.16-18: The Vanity of Knowledge and Wisdom
- 2.22-24: Work and Effort
- 4.9-12: Our Need for Others
- 7.1: Overthrowing Conventional Wisdom
- 7.2: The House of Mourning
- 7.10: The Good Old Days
- 7.21-22: Speaking and Hearing Evil
- 12.1: Remembering our Creator
- 12.12: The Limits of Study
Song of Solomon
- 6.3a, 7.10: Honoring Love
Isaiah
- 5.20: Morality Turned Upside Down
- 7.14-16: The Immanuel Sign
- 30.9-11: Smooth Things
- 32.18: Seeking Safe Dwellings
- 35.3-4: Strength in Hope of Deliverance
- 42.1-4: Judgment unto Victory
- 45.15: A God Who Hides Himself
- 53.5: Healed by His Wounds
Jeremiah
- 6.25: Terror on Every Side
- 7.8-11: A Den of Robbers
- 10.23: Not to Direct His Steps
- 28.1-4: The Declaration of the False Prophet
- 29.7: Seeking Shalom in Exile
- 32.35: Molech
- 44.16-18: The Queen of Heaven
Lamentations
- 5.19-22: Theology While Suffering
Ezekiel
- 3.17: The Watchman
- 6.7: Know That I Am YHWH
- 18.25-30: God’s Ways
- 20.30-31: After the Manner of the Fathers
- 32.7-8: The End of their World
Daniel
- 6.16: Darius the Mede
- 7.13-14: The Son of Man
Hosea
- 4.6: Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge
- 6.6: C-Grade Religion
- 8.7: Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind
- 11.1: Called Out of Egypt
Joel
- 2.30-32: Calling Upon the Name of the LORD
Amos
- 4.1-3: Cows of Bashan
- 5.24: Justice and Righteousness
- 8.1-2: The Autumn of Covenant
Obadiah
- 1.15: Just Deserts
Jonah
- 4.1-3: Nationalism
Micah
- 7.1: The Autumn of Covenant
- 7.6: Enemies in the House
Nahum
- 1.15: Feet Bearing Good News
- 3.19: The Incurable Wound
Habakkuk
- 2.4: Living by our Faith
- 3.16: Waiting for Judgment
Zephaniah
- 1.12-13: Wealth and Indifference
Haggai
- 2.20-23: The Signet Ring
Zechariah
- 12.10: Him Whom They Have Pierced
Malachi
- 2.17: Where Is the God of Justice?
- 3.13-14: Is It Vain to Serve God?
- 4.5-6: The Final Promise
New Testament
Matthew
- 1.1-6: Jesus’ Genealogical Surprises
- 1.17: The Story in Jesus’ Genealogy
- 1.20-23: Immanuel
- 1.21: Salvation
- 2.16-18: The Slaughter of the Innocents
- 4.1-4: The Temptation of Bread
- 4.5-7: A Testing Temptation
- 4.8-11: The Powerful Temptation
- 4.17: Repent!
- 5.1-3: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
- 5.4: Blessed Are the Mourners
- 5.5: Blessed Are the Meek
- 5.6: Seeking Sustenance Through Righteousness
- 5.7: The Merciful
- 5.8: The Pure in Heart
- 5.9: The Peacemakers
- 5.10-12: Persecuted for Righteousness’ Sake
- 5.13: The Salt of the Earth
- 5.14-16: The Light of the World
- 5.17-18: Fulfillment
- 5.19-20: Exceeding the Righteousness of the Pharisees
- 5.21-22: Killing, Hostility, and Degradation
- 5.23-24: Relationships and Sacrifices
- 5.25-26: Settling Out of Court
- 5.27-28: Adultery in the Heart
- 5.29-30: Dismemberment
- 5.31-32: Divorce
- 5.33-37: Oaths
- 5.38-42: Do Not Resist the Evil Person
- 5.43-48: Love Your Enemies
- 6.1-4: Almsgiving
- 6.5-8: Prayer
- 6.9-13: The Lord’s Prayer (1)
- 6.19-21: True Treasure
- 6.27: The Results of Worry
- 7.1-5: Judgment
- 8.8-10: No Greater Faith
- 9.12-13: Spiritual Illness
- 9.36: Compassion
- 9.36: Sinners and Hypocrites
- 10.14: Shaking the Dust
- 10.16: Serpents and Doves
- 10.28: Fear Not
- 10.38: Taking the Cross
- 11.29: Jesus, Meek and Lowly
- 12.7: Mercy, not Sacrifice
- 12.46-50: Jesus’ Family
- 13.3-4: The Road Soil
- 13.5-6: The Rocky Soil
- 13.7: The Thorny Soil
- 13.8: The Good Soil
- 13.13-16: Willful Blindness
- 13.18-23: Soils
- 13.18-19: The Road Soil
- 13.20-21: The Rocky Soil
- 13.22: The Thorny Soil
- 13.23: The Good Soil
- 13.24-30: The Wheat and the Tares
- 13.33: Leaven
- 13.36-43: The Wheat and the Tares
- 13.44-46: The Value of the Kingdom
- 13.47-50: The Dragnet
- 13.51-52: The New Old Treasure
- 14.14: Service Despite Distress
- 14.16: Bring It to Jesus
- 14.28-31: Walking on the Water
- 16.1-4: Forecasts
- 17.20-24: Jesus and the Tax
- 18.20: I Am in Their Midst
- 19.23-26: The Problem of Wealth
- 19.30-20.16: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
- 20.18-19: The Treatment of the Son of Man
- 20.25-28: Servant Power
- 21.28-32: The Two Sons
- 22.23-32: The God of the Living
- 22.35-40: Summing Up the Law
- 23.5-7: Keeping Up Appearances
- 23.23: The Weightier Matters
- 23.33: God’s Trash Pit
- 23.33: Sinners and Hypocrites
- 24.6-8: Wars and Rumors of Wars
- 24.10-12: Love Grown Cold
- 24.45-51: The Ultimate Pop Quiz
- 25.30: The Outer Darkness
- 25.34-40: The Judgment Everyone Wants to Hear
- 25.40: Winners and Losers
- 25.41-46: The Judgment No One Wants to Hear
- 26.14-15: The Bankrupt Treasury
- 26.26: The Bread Taken, Blessed, Broken, and Given
- 26.51-52: The Sword
- 27.3-10: The Betrayer, Betrayed
- 28.11-15: The Bankrupt Treasury
- 28.15: Denying the Resurrection
- 28.18: Christ the Lord
- 28.20: Jesus With Us
Mark
- 1.1: The Good News
- 1.16-20, 2.14: Follow Me
- 2.27-28: Man and the Sabbath
- 4.30-32: The Mustard Seed (1)
- 4.35-41: Calm in the Storm
- 5.35-36: Do Not Fear; Only Believe
- 7.6-9: Pharisees and Tradition
- 7.37: He Does All Things Well
- 9.22-24: I Believe! Help My Unbelief!
- 10.13-16: Jesus and the Little Children
- 10.37-40: Jesus’ Cup and Baptism
- 11.12-14: Fig Tree Religion
- 12.13-17: Rendering to Caesar and God
- 13.32-37: Watch and Pray
- 14.4-8: Mary and Her Ointment
- 14.61-62: The Confession
- 15.15: Evil and the Cross
Luke
- 1.30-33: The Gospel in Jesus’ Birth
- 1.31-33: The Promised Messiah
- 1.46-55: The Magnificat
- 2.8-14: The Proclamation
- 2.25: The Consolation of Israel
- 2.35: The Unveiling
- 3.10-11: Sharing
- 4.4, 8, 12: It Is Written…
- 4.22-29: The Prophet in His Hometown
- 4.13: Departed for a Season
- 6.20-21, 24-25: The Kingdom Perspective on Difficulties
- 6.31: The Golden Rule
- 6.35: Divine Kindness
- 6.41-42: The Beam and the Mote
- 6.46: Calling Jesus “Lord”
- 7.31-35: This Generation
- 7.36-47: Jesus, Sinners, and Pharisees
- 8.1-3: Jesus and Women
- 8.43-48: Helping the Defiled
- 9.49-50: For or Against Jesus
- 9.51: Purpose
- 9.57-58: Home
- 9.59-60: Burying the Dead
- 9.61-62: Looking Back
- 10.17-20: The Source of our Joy
- 10.29: Who Is My Neighbor?
- 11.1-4: The Lord’s Prayer (2)
- 11.5-13: Ask to Receive
- 11.23: For or Against Jesus
- 12.15: Black Friday
- 13.1-5: Responding to “Hot Takes”
- 13.3: Repent!
- 13.6-9: Fertilizer
- 13.23-24: Are They Few That Are Saved?
- 13.23-27: Presence vs. Participation
- 14.25-33: Counting the Cost
- 15.11-24: The Prodigal Son
- 15.25-32: The Older Brother
- 16.14-15: Justified in the Sight of Men
- 17.5-6: The Mustard Seed (2)
- 18.8b: Finding Faith
- 18.9-14: The Pharisee and the Publican
- 19.1-10: What Jesus Saw in Zacchaeus
- 19.41-44: The Prophet Over Jerusalem
- 21.1-4: Real Giving
- 22.31-34: Jesus and Our Weaknesses
- 22.54: Following Afar Off
- 23.34: Jesus’ Example of Forgiveness
- 23.56: Rested on the Sabbath
John
- 1.1-3: The Word
- 1.4-5: Light Over Darkness
- 1.14: The Word Became Flesh
- 1.18: Relating the Father
- 1.29: The Lamb
- 1.45-46: Can Any Good Thing Come From Nazareth?
- 2.19-21: Jesus the Temple
- 3.14-15: Lifted Up For Us
- 6.15: A King of Their Own Making
- 6.66-69: To Whom Shall We Go?
- 7.5: Jesus’ Brothers
- 8.31-32: Freedom From Bondage
- 9.6-7: Healing Dirt
- 9.39-41: Sight and Blindness
- 10.22-23: The Feast of Dedication
- 10.24: Tell Us Plainly!
- 10.30: Relational Unity
- 11.16: Go and Die With Him
- 11.35: Jesus Wept
- 12.47: To Save the World
- 13.14-15: Washing Feet
- 13.34-35: The Mark of True Discipleship
- 14.5-7: Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
- 14.6: The Exclusivity of Christ
- 14.8-10: Seeing God in Jesus
- 15.4-5: The Vine
- 15.20: Persecution or Obedience
- 16.33: Tribulation and Peace
- 17.20-21: Unity
- 18.36: Jesus’ Transcendent Kingdom
- 19.25: Mary, Mother of Jesus
- 19.30: The End of the Beginning
- 20.6-7: The Linen Cloths
- 20.11-12: The Most Holy Tomb
- 20.15: The Gardener
- 20.18: “I Have Seen the Lord!”
Acts of the Apostles
- 1.8: Jesus in Acts
- 2.36: Christ the Lord
- 2.41: Sinai and Jerusalem
- 2.46-47: Having Favor with the People
- 3.14-15: The Author of Life and the Murderer
- 5.40-41: Suffering for the Name
- 9.13-14: The Call
- 13.19-20: In God’s Good Time
- 17.6-7: The Revolution
- 17.10-12: The Bereans
- 17.21: A New Thing
- 17.26-28: Existing in God
- 17.26-28: Seeking God
- 24.24-25: Felix
Romans
- 1.16: Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- 1.19-20: God in His Creation
- 1.22-23: God in Man’s Image
- 5.6-8: The Greatness of Jesus’ Accomplishments
- 6.16-18: Surrender
- 8.15: Adoption
- 8.24-25: Hope
- 8.26-27: The Intercession of the Holy Spirit
- 8.29: Conformity
- 8.31-32: God and Us
- 8.35-37: Sheep for Slaughter
- 9.6-8: Children by Faith
- 12.1: A Living Sacrifice
- 12.2: Conformity
- 13.1-5: The Christian and the Government
- 13.8: Debt
- 14.16-17: Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Spirit
- 15.4: Written For Our Learning
1 Corinthians
- 1.12-13: Is Christ Divided?
- 1.22-24: Christ Crucified
- 3.5-8: God, Us, and Evangelism
- 4.5: Judging Before the Time
- 5.7: Christ Our Passover
- 6.18: Dehumanizing Deviance
- 7.20-23: Slavery
- 7.20, 24: Abide as Called
- 7.38: Better to Be Single
- 10.4: The Rock of Living Water
- 10.16-17: Community
- 10.23: Lawful vs. Profitable and Edifying
- 10.32-33: The Profit of the Many
- 11.1: Imitating Christ
- 12.27: The Body of Christ
- 14.6-9: Speaking for Understanding
- 14.33: A God of Peace, Not Confusion
- 15.19: The Source of Our Hope
- 15.23: The Firstfruits
- 15.57: Victory!
- 15.58: Not in Vain
2 Corinthians
- 3.1-3: Living Letters
- 3.4-6a: Christ Our Sufficiency
- 3.6b-9: The Letter and the Spirit
- 3.12-16: The Veil
- 3.17-18: The Lord the Spirit
- 4.17-18: Light Momentary Affliction
- 5.7: Walking by Faith
- 5.11: Persuading Men
- 5.21: Jesus, Our Sin Offering
- 8.3-5: Giving Ourselves
- 10.3-5: The Weapons of our Warfare
- 12.9-10: Strength in Weakness
- 13.10: Casting Down to Build Up
Galatians
- 3.28: One in Christ
- 5.15: Shooting Our Own
Ephesians
- 1.5: Adoption
- 2.1-3: Our Days in Sin
- 2.11-12: Alienation
- 2.16: Killing the Hostility
- 3.4-6: Mystery
- 3.20-21: Beyond All We Can Ask or Think
- 4.3: Unity of the Spirit
- 4.28: The Principle of Work
- 4.32: The Tender Heart
- 6.12: Our Conflict
Philippians
- 1.27: Worthy of the Gospel
- 2.12-13: To Will and to Work
- 3.20: Shutdown
- 3.21: Conformed to the Body of His Glory
- 4.6: Anxiety or Trust
- 4.8: Think on These Things
- 4.11-13: The Power of Contentment
- 4.12: Being Abased
Colossians
- 2.6-8: The Philosophy of Christ
- 2.15: Christus Victor
- 3.11: Christ, All in All
1 Thessalonians
- 2.7-8: Motherly Affection
- 4.3: The Will of God: Our Sanctification
- 4.13-14: Death
- 5.18: Giving Thanks
2 Thessalonians
- 3.1: Pray For Us
- 3.10: Labor
1 Timothy
- 1.15-16: The Chief of Sinners
- 2.5-6: Christ Jesus Our Mediator
- 4.7b-8: Exercise
- 6.12-14: The Good Confession
2 Timothy
- 2.8: Remember Jesus Christ
- 3.8: Jannes and Jambres
- 4.3-4: Itching Ears
Titus
Philemon
- 1.8-9: Commands and Appeals
Hebrews
- 2.9-10: Perfected Through Suffering
- 5.14: Maturity
- 7.25: Jesus the High Priest
- 9.24-26: Sacrifice
- 11.1-2: The (Imperfect) Men of Faith
- 12.1: Endurance
- 12.1-2: Moving Forward
- 12.7: Discipline
- 13.1: The Love of the Brethren
James
- 1.19: Swift to Hear
- 1.20: Man’s Anger and God’s Righteousness
- 1.26-27: Religion
- 2.15-16: Faith Without Works
- 3.5-6: Wildfire!
- 3.15-16: Worldly Wisdom
- 4.17: The Imperative of Doing Good
- 5.13: A Singing People
1 Peter
- 1.1: Kingdom Refugees
- 1.23-25: The Incorruptible Seed
- 2.9-10: God’s People
- 2.16: Freedom
- 3.13: Zealous for Good
- 3.15: Our Defense
- 4.7: Self-Control and Sober-Mindedness
- 4.12-13: Expectation of Trial
- 4.17: Judgment at the House of God
- 5.6-7: Casting Our Anxiety Upon Him
- 5.9: Our Common Suffering
2 Peter
- 3.8: Time and God
- 3.9: The Longsuffering of the Lord
- 3.15-16: Distorting Scripture
- 3.18: Growing in Grace and Knowledge
1 John
- 1.1-2: The Word of Life
- 2.6: Walking as He Walked
- 2.24: Heard From the Beginning
- 3.9-10: Doing Righteousness
- 3.16: Laying Down Our Lives
- 4.10: The God of the Old and New Testaments
2 John
3 John
- 1.11: Imitation
Jude
Revelation
- 1.12-16: The Lord in Glory
- 2.4-5: Left Your First Love
- 3.18: Laodicea
- 12.12: The Wrath of Satan
- 15.2: Victorious Over The Beast
- 21.9: Our Waiting Glory