Ruth 1:1

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

Genesis 43:1

And the famine was severe in the land.

Judges 17:8

And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place]. And he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Psalm 105:16

And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread.

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your power. And I will make your sky as iron, and your earth as brass,

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Deuteronomy 28:38

Thou shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

Judges 2:16-18

And LORD raised up judges who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.

Judges 12:8

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 19:1-2

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah.

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of LORD. And LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

1 Kings 17:1-12

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kings 18:2

And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 8:1-2

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wherever thou can sojourn, for LORD has called for a famine, and it shall also come upon the land seve

Psalm 107:34

a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

Jeremiah 14:1

The word of LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Ezekiel 14:13

Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says lord LORD: How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

Joel 1:10-11

The field is laid waste; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.

Joel 1:16-20

Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Amos 4:6

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places, yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

General references

Bible References

The judges

Judges 2:16
And LORD raised up judges who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.
Judges 12:8
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

A famine

Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Genesis 43:1
And the famine was severe in the land.
Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power. And I will make your sky as iron, and your earth as brass,
Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of LORD. And LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings 18:2
And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wherever thou can sojourn, for LORD has called for a famine, and it shall also come upon the land seve
Psalm 105:16
And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread.
Psalm 107:34
a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
Jeremiah 14:1
The word of LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
Joel 1:10
The field is laid waste; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.
Amos 4:6
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places, yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.

General references

Matthew 2:5
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet,