Ruth 1:1

And it happened in the days [when] {the judges ruled}, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem [of] Judah went {to reside} in the countryside 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 to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 26:1

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

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land [was] severe.

Judges 17:8

And the man went from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live as a foreigner wherever he could find [a place]. And he came [to] the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to continue his journey.

Psalm 105:16

Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply} of bread.

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

And your heavens that [are] over your heads shall be [like] bronze, and the earth that [is] under you [shall be like] iron.

Deuteronomy 28:38

"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little [produce], for the locust shall devour it.

Judges 2:16-18

Then Yahweh raised up leaders, and they delivered them from the hand of their plunderers.

Judges 12:8

After him Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 19:1-2

In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreigner in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

2 Samuel 21:1

There [was] a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year. And David {inquired of Yahweh}, and Yahweh said, "The bloodguilt [is] on Saul and on his household, because he killed the Gibeonites."

1 Kings 17:1-12

Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, "{As Yahweh lives}, the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years {except by my command}."

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine [was] severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 8:1-2

Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Get up and go, you and your household, and dwell as an alien wherever you can, for Yahweh has called for a famine, and it will come to the land [for] seven years."

Psalm 107:34

a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 14:1

[That] which came [as] the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah concerning the matter of the severe drought.

Ezekiel 14:13

"Son of man, when a land sins against me by {acting very unfaithfully}, then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it [the] {supply of food}, and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, [both] human and animal.

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "How much more when I send my four punishments--the evil sword, and famine, and fierce animal, and a plague--to Jerusalem to cut it off, [both] human and animal!

Joel 1:10-11

The field is destroyed; the earth mourns because [the] grain is destroyed, [the] new wine dries up, [the] olive oil languishes.

Joel 1:16-20

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

Amos 4:6

"And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.

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
Then Yahweh raised up leaders, and they delivered them from the hand of their plunderers.
Judges 12:8
After him Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

A famine

Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine in the land [was] severe.
Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.
Deuteronomy 28:23
And your heavens that [are] over your heads shall be [like] bronze, and the earth that [is] under you [shall be like] iron.
2 Samuel 21:1
There [was] a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year. And David {inquired of Yahweh}, and Yahweh said, "The bloodguilt [is] on Saul and on his household, because he killed the Gibeonites."
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, "{As Yahweh lives}, the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years {except by my command}."
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine [was] severe in Samaria.
2 Kings 8:1
Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Get up and go, you and your household, and dwell as an alien wherever you can, for Yahweh has called for a famine, and it will come to the land [for] seven years."
Psalm 105:16
Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply} of bread.
Psalm 107:34
a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 14:1
[That] which came [as] the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah concerning the matter of the severe drought.
Ezekiel 14:13
"Son of man, when a land sins against me by {acting very unfaithfully}, then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it [the] {supply of food}, and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, [both] human and animal.
Joel 1:10
The field is destroyed; the earth mourns because [the] grain is destroyed, [the] new wine dries up, [the] olive oil languishes.
Amos 4:6
"And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.

General references

Matthew 2:5
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,