Genesis 47:23

The Famine In Egypt Continues

²² Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land. ²³ And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow the land. ²⁴ And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

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Genesis 41:27

And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.

Psalm 41:1

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Psalm 107:36-37

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

Proverbs 11:26

He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Proverbs 12:11

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Isaiah 28:24-25

Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he all day opening and breaking the clods of his land?

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Matthew 24:45

Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: