Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the dungeon. And he is likely to die in the place where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread
Jeremiah 52:6
In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Esther 7:4-6
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
Job 31:34
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door--
Proverbs 24:11-12
Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
Jeremiah 37:21-6
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the