Jeremiah 38:9

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town.

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Esther 7:4-6

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

Job 31:34

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

Proverbs 24:11-12

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.

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Summary

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 like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

These

Proverbs 31:8

General references

Genesis 47:18

Bible References

These

Now it came to the ears of Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, that Jeremiah had said to all the people,

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

General references

And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;