Jeremiah 38:9

My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.'

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

Esther 7:4-6

for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

Job 31:34

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

Proverbs 24:11-12

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

Jeremiah 37:21-6

And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

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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

And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

General references

And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, 'We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle is unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;