Jeremiah 38:9

Your Majesty, what these men have done is wrong. They have put Jeremiah in the well, where he is sure to die of starvation, since there is no more food in the city.

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.

Esther 7:4-6

For my people and I have been sold for slaughter and destruction. 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

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors.

Proverbs 24:11-12

If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

King Zedekiah gave the command to have Jeremiah put in the courtyard of the prison. He gave him a loaf of bread every day from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the prison.

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Summary

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.

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Jeremiah 38:1
Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard what I was telling the people.
Esther 7:4
For my people and I have been sold for slaughter and destruction. 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
because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors.
Proverbs 24:11
If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.

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Genesis 47:18
The following year they said to him: We will not hide the fact from you, Sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands.