7 occurrences

'Famine' in the Bible

But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfSkyThree And A Half YearsSealing ThingsLack Of RainActual WidowsIndividual ProphetsMany In IsraelThe Universe AffectedTimes Of People

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfNo Food

One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCaesarRoman EmperorsPredicting The Future

I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlaguesGreenFamine KillingApproval To KillA Fourth PartRulers Of A FourthThe Fact Of DeathFamineFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.

Verse ConceptsBabylonStrength, DivineBurning PeopleFamine ComingMourning Due To CatastropheShort Time For ActionFamine Will ComeGod Is StrongFamine

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Scarcity (6 instances)
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