Genesis 12:10
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while, because the famine was severe.
Genesis 43:1
The famine was extremely bad in the land.
Genesis 26:1-3
There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
Genesis 42:5
Israel's sons left with the others who were going to buy grain. This is because there was also famine in Canaan.
Genesis 46:3-4
God said: I am God! I am the same God your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation.
Genesis 47:13
The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere. The people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger.
Ruth 1:1
There was a famine in the land in the days when the judges ruled. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
2 Samuel 21:1
There was a famine for three successive years during David's reign. David asked Jehovah for advice about it. Jehovah answered: It is because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.
1 Kings 17:1-18
Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.
2 Kings 4:38
When there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. He was teaching a group of prophets. He told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.
2 Kings 6:25
The siege caused a great food shortage in the city. It was so severe that a donkey's head cost eighty pieces of silver, and half a pound of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
2 Kings 7:1-8
Elisha answered: Hear the word of Jehovah: 'By this time tomorrow you will be able to buy in Samaria ten pounds of the best wheat or twenty pounds of barley for one piece of silver.'
2 Kings 8:1-2
Elisha told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he brought back to life: Jehovah is sending a famine on the land. It will last for seven years. Leave with your family and go live somewhere else.
Psalm 34:19
The righteous person has many troubles, but Jehovah rescues him from all of them.
Psalm 105:13
They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people.
Psalm 107:34
and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
Jeremiah 14:1
Jehovah spoke his word about the drought to Jeremiah:
John 16:33
I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!
Acts 7:11
A famine and great suffering came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan. Our fathers found no food.
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith. They said, We must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation.