daily bread
Livelihood, essentially speaking
Daily bread is what one needs to survive—basic sustenance and livelihood.
The phrase comes from the Lord's Prayer, where it refers to food for each day.
By extension, it means one's essential income or the work that provides it: Driving a cab is my daily bread.
The expression emphasizes modest necessities rather than luxuries.
What you cannot lack
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- needsEssential requirements
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- must-havesIndispensable requirements
fundamentals · necessaries · bare minimum · means · income · wages · earnings · paycheck
Food that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- foodstuffAny edible substance
rations · fare · victuals · staples · diet · nutrition · edibles · grub
Address to deity
- Lord's PrayerCentral Christian devotional text
- petitionFormal written appeal
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- providenceDivine protective care
gratitude · grace · manna · thanksgiving · devotion · faith · trust · dependence
State of being real
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- making ends meetEarning enough to survive
- scraping byBarely having enough
eking out · hardship · struggle · perseverance · fortitude · getting along · coping · managing
Occurring each day
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- habitualDone by routine
customary · workaday · quotidian · day-to-day · repetition · regularity · pattern · consistency
necessities
What you cannot lack
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- needsEssential requirements
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
must-haves · fundamentals · necessaries · bare minimum · means · income · wages · earnings · paycheck · resources
nourishment
Food that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
foodstuff · rations · fare · victuals · staples · diet · nutrition · edibles · grub · meals
prayer
Address to deity
- Lord's PrayerCentral Christian devotional text
- petitionFormal written appeal
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
providence · gratitude · grace · manna · thanksgiving · devotion · faith · trust · dependence · asking
existence
State of being real
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- making ends meetEarning enough to survive
scraping by · eking out · hardship · struggle · perseverance · fortitude · getting along · coping · managing · hand-to-mouth
everyday
Occurring each day
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
habitual · customary · workaday · quotidian · day-to-day · repetition · regularity · pattern · consistency · grind
- Christian booksBible, devotional, prayer book, study Bible, hymnal
- Jesus' teachingsSermon on the Mount, beatitudes, Beatitudes, love your enemies, Lord's Prayer
- Lutheran CatechismLuther, Martin Luther, Lutheran, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, light of the world, living water, mustard seed
- Bible studystudy Bible, study guides, study guide, study notes, scripture reading
- devotional itemsBible, prayer book, devotional, hymnal, prayer journal
daily breadluxury items
Costly non-necessities
extravagance · frivolities · luxuries · excess · opulence
daily breadstarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
famine · hunger · deprivation · want · privation
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