13 Bible Verses about Famine

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Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and lo! a pale coloured horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and the grave followed after him: and power was given to them to kill the fourth part of the earth with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with the wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 18:8

Therefore in one hour shall all her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be consumed with fire; because mighty is the Lord God, who judgeth her.

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Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Famine

Famine » Threatened as the result of sin

Famine » Described

Famine » Instances of » In canaan

More verses: 2 Kings 7:4

Famine » Prophesied

Acts 11:28

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.

Famine » Often followed by pestilence

Famine » Often severe

Famine » Caused by » Want of seasonable rain

Famine » Caused by » Devastation by enemies

Famine » Caused by » Swarms of insects

Famine » Caused » Blackness of the skin

Famine » Things eaten during » Human flesh

Famine » Often on account of sin

Famine » Things eaten during » Ordure

Famine » Caused » Wasting of the body

Famine » Often accompanied by war

Famine » Often long continued

Famine » Caused » death

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the reign of ahab

Famine » God provided for his people during

Famine » Righteous delivered from

Famine » Caused by » Blasting and mildew

Famine » Instances of » In jerusalem, from siege

Famine » Cannibalism in

Famine » Caused » Burning and fever

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the days of joseph

Famine » The jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by

Famine » Things eaten during » Wild herbs

Famine » Suffering of brute creation from

Famine » Illustrative of » Destruction of idols

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the time of jeremiah

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the days of abraham

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the reign of david

Famine » Caused » Faintness

Famine » One of God's four sore judgments

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » During the siege of jerusalem

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » During the siege of samaria

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the time of elisha

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the days of isaac

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » Before destruction of jerusalem

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » After the captivity

Famine » Things eaten during » Ass's flesh

Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace

Famine » Expressed by » The arrows of famine

Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning

Famine » Provisions sold by weight during

Famine » Sent by God

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » Of seven years foretold by elisha

Famine » Instances of » In egypt

Famine » Caused by » God's blessing withheld

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the reign of claudius cæsar

Acts 11:28

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.

Famine » Expressed by » Taking away the stay of bread, &c

Famine » Caused by » Rotting of the seed in the ground

Famine » Instances of, in scripture » In the day of the judges

Famine » Expressed by » Cleanness of teeth

Famine » Instances of » Universal

Acts 11:28

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.

Famine » Figurative

Famine » Pharaoh forewarned of, in dreams

Joy » In sorrow in tribulation, examples of » Famine

Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine

Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Famine

Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Famine

War » Often attended by » Famine

Topics on Famine

Famine Coming

Revelation 18:8

Therefore in one hour shall all her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be consumed with fire; because mighty is the Lord God, who judgeth her.

Famine Killing

Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and lo! a pale coloured horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and the grave followed after him: and power was given to them to kill the fourth part of the earth with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with the wild beasts of the earth.

Famine Will Come

Revelation 18:8

Therefore in one hour shall all her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be consumed with fire; because mighty is the Lord God, who judgeth her.

Famine, Examples Of

Acts 7:11

Then came a famine upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no provisions.

Famine, Kinds Of

Revelation 6:5-8

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, Come and see. And I saw, and lo! a black horse; and he that sat upon it had a pair of scales in his hand.

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