Lamentations 5:9
We risk our lives to get food, because of the sword of the wasteland.
Jeremiah 40:9-12
Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men. He said: Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians. Live in this country, serve the king of Babylon, and you will prosper.
Judges 6:11
The angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah. He sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.
2 Samuel 23:17
David said: Jehovah, I could never drink this! It would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives! So he refused to drink it. Those were the brave deeds of the three famous soldiers.
Jeremiah 41:1-10
In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a descendant of the royal family and of the king's officers went with ten men to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. They ate together at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:18
They were afraid of the Babylonians because Ishmael had killed Gedaliah whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
Jeremiah 42:14
Then you say: We will go to Egypt, where we will not have to see war, hear the sound of a ram's horn, or be hungry. We will stay there.
Jeremiah 42:16
Then the war that you fear will overtake you, and the hunger you dread will follow you, and you will die there in Egypt.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
And he added: Mortal man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread for Jerusalem. The people there will be distressed and anxious as they measure out the food they eat and the water they drink.
Ezekiel 12:18-19
Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.