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Psalm 132:15

I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

13For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
14“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
17I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
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Notice

Bread for Zion’s poor makes God’s promise of blessing concrete, drawing attention to empty stomachs within the place he has chosen to dwell.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.Both passages speak of God satisfying hunger, with Psalm 132 naming bread for Zion’s poor.
Psalm 147:14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.Bread for Zion’s poor and the finest wheat both describe God’s provision of food for his people.
Ruth 1:6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his …God promises bread to Zion’s poor, while Ruth records news that the LORD has given his people bread.
Leviticus 26:4–5Both contain God’s promise of food provision, expressed through bread in the psalm and fruitful land in Leviticus.
Psalm 145:16You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.Both describe God as the one who satisfies need, with Zion’s poor named here and every living thing in Psalm 145.
Proverbs 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;Both concern material provision in relation to the LORD: his promised blessing in the psalm and honoring him with substance in Proverbs.
Mark 8:6–9He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, …Bread connects the passages: God promises it to Zion’s poor, and Jesus gives loaves to his disciples to serve the multitude.
2 Corinthians 9:10–11Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,Both name bread as God’s provision, while Paul’s prayer also asks for seed and an increase in righteousness.
Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.Both promise satisfaction, though the psalm speaks of bread for the poor and Matthew speaks of hunger for righteousness.
Jeremiah 31:14I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says the LORD.Both contain God’s promise that his people will be satisfied through his provision and goodness.
Malachi 2:2If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I …Both speak of blessing under God’s authority, though the psalm promises provision and Malachi warns that blessings can be cursed.
Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.Both describe God filling those in need, with bread for Zion’s poor and good things for the hungry.
Where this verse fits

Job loss or money fear. gratitude. injustice and anger.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Write down a local food pantry’s opening hours

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Encouragement

God’s promise to Zion includes the poor by name. Their need for bread matters to the Lord who has chosen to make his home there.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).