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The concept of being "supplied" in the Bible often refers to God's provision for His people, both materially and spiritually. This theme is woven throughout Scripture, illustrating God's faithfulness and the sufficiency of His grace.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, God's provision is a recurring theme, particularly in the narratives of the Israelites. One of the most notable examples is the provision of manna in the wilderness. As the Israelites journeyed from Egypt to the Promised Land, God supplied their needs by providing manna from heaven. Exodus 16:4 states, "Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day.'"

The provision of manna was not only a physical supply but also a test of obedience and trust in God's daily provision. It underscored the principle that God supplies the needs of His people according to His wisdom and timing.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the theme of being supplied is further developed through the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, assures His followers of God's provision, urging them not to worry about their material needs. Matthew 6:31-33 records Jesus' words: "Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you."

The apostle Paul also speaks of God's provision in his letters. In Philippians 4:19 , he writes, "And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." This assurance is given in the context of the Philippians' generosity, highlighting the reciprocal nature of God's provision and the call to trust in His sufficiency.

Spiritual Provision

Beyond material needs, the Bible emphasizes God's provision of spiritual resources. The Holy Spirit is described as a source of strength and guidance for believers. In John 14:16-17 , Jesus promises, "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth."

The spiritual supply also includes wisdom, peace, and grace. James 1:5 encourages believers to seek wisdom from God: "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

Conclusion

The biblical theme of being "supplied" underscores the faithfulness of God in meeting the needs of His people. Whether through miraculous provision, the assurance of daily needs, or the abundant spiritual resources available in Christ, Scripture affirms that God is the ultimate provider.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(imp. & p. p.) of Supply.
Greek
5524. choregeo -- to lead a chorus (ie a group of performers), to ...
... "The provision of a chorus at public festivals was a costly business for
the Athenian public offices, who supplied " (P. Hughs).]. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5524.htm - 7k

627. apologia -- a speech in defense
... supplying . [An "apology" in times had nothing to do with saying, "I'm
sorry," but rather was a () that presented (supplied ).]. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/627.htm - 7k

2064. erchomai -- to come, go
... Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the
others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo'-thom ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2064.htm - 12k

2068. esthio -- to eat
... Strengthened for a primary edo (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being
supplied by phago; to eat (usually literal) -- devour, eat, live. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2068.htm - 7k

4322. prosanapleroo -- to fill up by adding to
... Word Origin from pros and anapleroo Definition to fill up by adding to NASB
Word Usage fully supplied (1), fully supplying (1). supply. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4322.htm - 6k

378. anapleroo -- to fill up
... Word Origin from ana and pleroo Definition to fill up NASB Word Usage complete
(1), fill up the measure (1), fills (1), fulfill (1), fulfilled (1), supplied (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/378.htm - 8k

2007. epitithemi -- to lay upon, to place upon
... 1), adds (1), applied (2), attack (1), beat* (1), gave (2), laid (9), lay (10),
laying (5), lays (1), placed (1), placing (1), put (4), struck (1), supplied (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2007.htm - 8k

3588. ho, he, to -- the
... Including the feminine he (hay), and the neuter to (to) in all their inflections;
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3588.htm - 8k

2023. epichoregeo -- to supply
... Word Origin from epi and choregeo Definition to supply NASB Word Usage provides
(1), supplied (2), supplies (1), supply (1). aid, minister nourishment unto. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2023.htm - 7k

4137. pleroo -- to make full, to complete
... Word Origin from pleres Definition to make full, to complete NASB Word Usage accomplish
(1), accomplished (1), amply supplied (1), approaching (1), complete (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4137.htm - 10k

Strong's Hebrew
5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take
... 1), shield-bearer* (1), shield-carrier* (1), show (5), showed (1), showing (1),
shows (1), sing (1), spare (2), stirred (3), suffer (2), supplied (1), support ...
/hebrew/5375.htm - 8k
Library

A Question Whether it is Bad for a Monk to have his Wants Supplied ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter X. A question whether it is bad
for a monk to have his wants supplied by his kinsfolk. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter x a question whether.htm

That the Place of Baptism is Sometimes Supplied by Martyrdom is ...
... Book IV. Chapter 22. " 30. That the place of baptism is sometimes supplied
by martyrdom is supported by? "30. That the place ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 22 30 that.htm

The Synod not Having Come to the Emperor, the Partisans of ...
... The Synod not having come to the Emperor, the Partisans of Eusebius accuse Athanasius
of having threatened to divert the Corn supplied to Constantinople from ...
/.../chapter xxxv the synod not having.htm

How Helena the Queen of Adiabene and Her Son Izates, Embraced the ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Helena The Queen Of Adiabene And Her Son Izates, Embraced The Jewish
Religion; And How Helena Supplied The Poor With Corn, When There Was A ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how helena the.htm

The Daily Wants of the Church Supplied by the Emperor, and an ...
... The ECCLESIASTICAL HistorY of Theodoret. Book I. Chapter X."The daily wants of the
Church supplied by the Emperor, and an account of his other virtues. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter x the daily wants of.htm

On Drinking.
... [1357] This was the simple drink of sobriety, which, flowing from the smitten
rock, was supplied by the Lord to the ancient Hebrews. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii on drinking.htm

The Institution of Deacons, and the History of Stephen.
... But large as was the demand for the relief of so numerous a class, it was cheerfully
and liberally supplied, by a forward zeal and unbounded charity, of the ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture viii the institution of.htm

Three Homilies. On Our Lord.
... And here also defective nature was supplied by our Lord. ... So then, by leaven from
the body of Him Who completes, the defect of our formation is supplied. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/three homilies on our lord.htm

To My Younger Brethren
... 5. Notation for Footnote 4, which is missing in the original, has been supplied.
6. A word that is missing at the beginning of Footnote ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moule/to my younger brethren/title page.htm

Seeking Richly Rewarded
... THE young lions are very strong; they are as yet in the freshness of their youth,
and yet their strength does not always suffice to keep them supplied. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 60 1914/seeking richly rewarded.htm

Thesaurus
Supplied (22 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Supplied (22 Occurrences). Acts 20:34 You yourselves know
that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. ...
/s/supplied.htm - 13k

Fountain (57 Occurrences)
... All the perennial rivers and streams of the country are supplied from fountains,
and depend comparatively little on surface water. ...
/f/fountain.htm - 30k

Manna (19 Occurrences)
... Hebrews man-hu, "What is that?" the name given by the Israelites to the food
miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Exodus ...
/m/manna.htm - 21k

Much (2586 Occurrences)
... & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much
rain has fallen; much time. ... wanting, but supplied by) Many in number. ...
/m/much.htm - 7k

Rich (140 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount
of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent ...
/r/rich.htm - 37k

Lacking (53 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 16:17 I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus;
for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied. ...
/l/lacking.htm - 22k

Fellow (166 Occurrences)
... fellow return" (1 Samuel 29:4 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British
and American) "the man"); in the same verse "fellow" is supplied instead of ...
/f/fellow.htm - 42k

Raisins (9 Occurrences)
... Abigail supplied David with "a hundred clusters of raisins," among other things,
in the wilderness of Paran (1 Samuel 25:18); David gave two clusters of ...
/r/raisins.htm - 12k

Ready (451 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied
with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate ...
/r/ready.htm - 36k

Candlestick (34 Occurrences)
... This was supplied by the candlestick, which, however, served also as a symbol of
the church or people of God, who are "the light of the world." The light which ...
/c/candlestick.htm - 27k

Resources
Why did Jesus choose the wedding at Cana for His first miracle? | GotQuestions.org

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Is Ben-Hur in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

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Supplied (22 Occurrences)

Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
(See NIV)

Acts 28:10
They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
(See NAS)

1 Corinthians 16:17
I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:14
but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in turn be a supply for your deficiency later on, so that there may be equalization of burdens.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 11:9
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 4:18
But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
(See NAS NIV)

Colossians 2:19
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
(WEB ASV NAS)

2 Peter 1:11
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
(WEB ASV NAS)

Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him and what can I do now for thee, my son?
(DBY)

Genesis 47:17
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
(See RSV)

Numbers 4:9
And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it:
(See RSV)

Numbers 31:5
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 4:7
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 4:27
Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Kings 5:10
So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Kings 9:11
(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 18:4
for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
(See NIV)

1 Kings 18:13
Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:39
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 33:16
he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
(WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 5:7
How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.
(See NIV)

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