Verses about Communion
What the Bible says about the Lord's Supper. 30 curated verses to bring you clarity and truth.
Genesis 44:5
Isn't this the cup my master drinks from, and the one he uses for telling the future? You have done a terrible thing by taking it.
⚡ The writer is showing Joseph's steward accusing the brothers of stealing Joseph's special silver cup that was used for drinking and divination.
Read Made SimplePsalms 31:9
Have mercy on me, O LORD, because I am in deep trouble. My eyes are worn out from crying, and my whole being, my soul and my body, is consumed with sorrow.
⚡ The writer is crying out to God for help during a time of overwhelming grief that has affected him physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Read Made SimpleDaniel 7:15
I, Daniel, felt this deep heaviness in my soul, and all these intense visions running through my mind were seriously messing with me.
⚡ Sometimes God shows us things that are heavy to carry, and that's okay.
Read Made SimpleJudges 5:6
In the time when Shamgar son of Anath lived, and in Jael's time, the main roads were empty and dangerous. Travelers had to sneak along hidden back paths inst…
⚡ This verse describes a time of such danger and oppression that people couldn't even travel safely on the main roads.
Read Made SimpleJudges 19:19
But we have straw and feed for our donkeys, and we have bread and wine for me, my servant woman, and the young man who is with us. We don't need anything.
⚡ The traveler is reassuring someone that his group has all the supplies they need and won't be a burden.
Read Made SimpleIsaiah 51:17
Wake up, wake up, stand up, Jerusalem! You have drunk from the cup of the LORD's anger that he handed to you. You have drained every last drop of the cup tha…
⚡ God is calling Jerusalem to wake up and rise after experiencing the full weight of his judgment and anger.
Read Made SimpleLuke 22:19
Then he picked up some bread, said a prayer of thanks, broke it apart, and handed it to them. He said, 'This is my body, and I'm giving it up for you. Every …
⚡ Jesus turned a simple meal into the most meaningful tradition ever, remember me through this.
Read Made SimpleJob 19:27
I will see him with my own eyes, yes, I myself will see him, not someone else. Even though my body is wasting away inside me, I will see him.
⚡ Job is expressing his confident hope that he will personally see God face-to-face, even though his body is failing him.
Read Made SimpleActs 18:3
Since Paul had the same job skills, he moved in with them and they worked together, turns out they were all tentmakers.
⚡ Sometimes God connects you with people through the most ordinary things, like having the same job.
Read Made SimpleRevelation 14:10
They're going to face God's pure, undiluted anger, like drinking straight poison with no chaser. They'll be tortured with burning sulfur right in front of th…
⚡ God's judgment hits different when there's nowhere to hide and no one to save you.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a good interpretation to the cupbearer's dream, he said to Joseph, 'I also had a dream. In my dream, I was car…
⚡ The chief baker was encouraged by Joseph's positive interpretation of the cupbearer's dream, so he decided to share his own dream hoping for similarly good news.
Read Made SimpleMatthew 26:26
While they were having dinner, Jesus picked up some bread, said a blessing over it, broke it into pieces, and handed it to his disciples. He told them, 'Take…
⚡ Jesus turned a simple meal into the most meaningful moment in history.
Read Made SimpleMark 14:36
And he said, 'Abba, Father, you can do anything, please, if there's another way, take this suffering away from me. But honestly, I don't want my way. I want …
⚡ Even Jesus asked for an easier path, but he chose trust over comfort.
Read Made SimpleDaniel 5:2
While Belshazzar was drinking at his party, he decided to get the gold and silver cups that his father Nebuchadnezzar had stolen from God's temple in Jerusal…
⚡ Belshazzar thought it would be fun to use God's holy things as party cups, spoiler alert: it wasn't.
Read Made Simple1 Corinthians 13:3
Even if I gave away everything I owned to help people who are struggling, even if I literally sacrificed my life for others, but I didn't have real love in m…
⚡ Good deeds without genuine love behind them don't actually count for anything.
Read Made SimpleRevelation 18:6
Pay her back exactly like she paid you, and then double it based on everything she's done. Whatever she dished out, give her twice as much in return.
⚡ What goes around comes around, and sometimes it comes back with interest.
Read Made Simple2 Samuel 23:14
At that time, David was in a stronghold, and the Philistine army had occupied Bethlehem.
⚡ This verse describes a tense military situation where David was hiding in a fortress while enemy Philistine forces had taken control of his hometown of Bethlehem.
Read Made SimpleLeviticus 23:17
You must bring from your homes two loaves of bread made for waving as an offering. Each loaf should be made with about four cups of fine flour and baked with…
⚡ God is instructing His people to bring special bread offerings made from their finest flour as a way to honor Him with the first and best of their harvest.
Read Made SimpleActs 19:25
He gathered all the craftsmen who did similar work and said, 'Listen up, guys, you know this business is how we all make our money.'
⚡ Sometimes people fight change not because it's wrong, but because it threatens their paycheck.
Read Made SimpleJeremiah 35:5
I placed pots full of wine and cups in front of the members of the Rechabite family, and I told them, 'Drink some wine.'
⚡ God is having Jeremiah offer wine to a group of people who had taken a vow never to drink alcohol, as part of a test to make a point.
Read Made SimpleHabakkuk 2:16
You thought you were getting glory, but you're actually getting shame instead. Now it's your turn to drink from the cup of judgment, you're about to be compl…
⚡ What goes around comes around, your moment of reckoning is here.
Read Made SimpleMark 14:8
She did everything she could, she came ahead of time to prepare my body for burial.
⚡ Sometimes doing what you can is exactly what's needed, even when others don't get it.
Read Made SimpleExodus 38:24
All the gold that was used for the work in building the holy place, the gold that came from the offerings, totaled twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thir…
⚡ This verse records the exact amount of gold that the Israelites gave and used to build God's tabernacle, showing how their generous offerings added up to something magnificent.
Read Made SimpleIsaiah 40:12
Who has measured all the oceans by holding them in the palm of his hand? Who has stretched out his hand to measure the entire sky? Who has scooped up all the…
⚡ The writer is emphasizing God's incredible greatness by asking who else could measure and control the vast elements of creation with such ease, only God can do what seems impossible to us.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 44:2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the bag of the youngest brother, along with his grain money. And the servant did exactly what Joseph had told him to do.
⚡ Joseph secretly has his silver cup planted in Benjamin's grain bag, setting up a test that will reveal his brothers' true character.
Read Made SimpleMatthew 26:27
Then he picked up the cup, said a prayer of thanks, and handed it to them, saying, 'Everyone drink from this.'
⚡ Jesus shared the cup with everyone, no one was left out of this moment.
Read Made SimpleMark 7:8
You've dropped God's actual commands and instead you're obsessing over human traditions, like the 'right' way to wash dishes and cups, plus a bunch of other …
⚡ Don't get so caught up in human traditions that you miss what God actually cares about.
Read Made SimpleZechariah 12:2
Listen up, I'm going to make Jerusalem like a drink that makes everyone around it stumble and shake. When all the nations come to attack both Judah and Jerus…
⚡ God's turning Jerusalem into the kind of challenge that leaves enemies shaking.
Read Made SimpleColossians 3:5
So kill off those earthly desires that are still hanging around in your life, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil cravings, and greed (which is basically…
⚡ Cut off the toxic parts of your old life that keep pulling you away from what actually matters.
Read Made SimpleEzekiel 27:19
Traders from Dan and Greece were constantly coming through your markets, bringing polished iron, cassia spice, and sweet calamus to sell.
⚡ Your city was the place where everyone came to do business, the ultimate trading hub.
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