Genesis 47:23

The Famine In Egypt Continues

²² Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land. ²³ Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. ²⁴ And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.

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Genesis 41:27

And the seven lean and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind, they shall be seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Psalm 107:36-37

And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation,

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

Proverbs 11:26

The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

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

Isaiah 28:24-25

Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he [continually] open and harrow his ground?

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,