Psalm 107:39
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
2 Kings 10:32
In those days Yahweh began to cut off from Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
Genesis 45:11
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
Exodus 1:13-14
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
Exodus 2:23-24
It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Judges 6:3-6
So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
Ruth 1:20-21
She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
1 Samuel 2:5-7
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
2 Kings 4:8
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
2 Kings 8:3
It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
2 Kings 13:7
For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
2 Kings 13:22
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 14:26
For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
2 Chronicles 15:5-6
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
Job 1:10-17
Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Psalm 30:6-7
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
Jeremiah 51:33-34
For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.