Ruth 1:1

During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

Genesis 12:10

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Judges 17:8

This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah's house.

Psalm 105:16

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:38

"You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

Judges 2:16-18

The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

Judges 12:8

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

Judges 19:1-2

In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

2 Samuel 21:1

During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites."

1 Kings 17:1-12

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command."

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 8:1-2

Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."

Psalm 107:34

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 14:1

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

Ezekiel 14:13

"Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments -- sword, famine, wild animals, and plague -- to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

Joel 1:10-11

The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes.

Joel 1:16-20

Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!

Amos 4:6

"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

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
The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
Judges 12:8
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

A famine

Genesis 12:10
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 26:1
There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was severe in the land.
Leviticus 26:19
I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
2 Samuel 21:1
During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites."
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command."
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."
Psalm 105:16
He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
Psalm 107:34
and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 14:1
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.
Ezekiel 14:13
"Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.
Joel 1:10
The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes.
Amos 4:6
"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

General references

Matthew 2:5
"In Bethlehem of Judea," they said, "for it is written this way by the prophet:

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