Ruth 1:1

Now there came a time of famine while judges were ruling in the land of Israel. A man from Bethlehem of Judah, his wife, and his two sons left to live in the country of Moab.

Genesis 12:10

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

Genesis 26:1

Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 43:1

Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.

Judges 17:8

The man had left his city Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could. As he traveled along, he eventually arrived at Micah's house in the mountainous region of Ephraim, looking for work.

Psalm 105:16

He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

Leviticus 26:19

I'll break your mighty pride. I'll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze.

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.

Deuteronomy 28:38

"You'll plant many seeds in a field, but your harvest will be small because the locust will consume it.

Judges 2:16-18

Then the LORD raised up leaders, who delivered Israel from domination by their marauders.

Judges 12:8

After he died, Ibzan from Bethlehem governed Israel for ten years.

Judges 19:1-2

Now it happened in those days, before there was a king in Israel, that a certain male descendant of Levi, who lived in a remote part of the mountainous region of Ephraim, took a mistress for himself from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.

2 Samuel 21:1

One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years. David sought the LORD, who said, "Saul and his household are guilty because he executed the Gibeonites."

1 Kings 17:1-12

Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so."

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, right when the famine in Samaria was most severe.

2 Kings 8:1-2

Meanwhile, Elisha urged the woman whose son he had restored to life, "You must get up and leave with your household to go live wherever you can, because the LORD has called for a famine, and it's going to come over the land for seven years."

Psalm 107:34

and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 14:1

This is this message from the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Ezekiel 14:13

"Son of Man, when a nation sins against me by a treacherous act, I'll reach out to oppose it, destroying its source of food, by sending famine against it, and by destroying both people and beast within it.

Ezekiel 14:21

This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm sending four of my most destructive judgments military invasion, famine, wild animals, and pestilence into Jerusalem to destroy both human beings and livestock in it.

Joel 1:10-11

"The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.

Joel 1:16-20

Isn't our food supply cut off right in front of us, along with joy and gladness from the Temple of our God?

Amos 4:6

"I also have scheduled food shortages for you in all of your cities, and lack of bread in all of your settlements, but you haven't returned to me," declares the 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
Then the LORD raised up leaders, who delivered Israel from domination by their marauders.
Judges 12:8
After he died, Ibzan from Bethlehem governed Israel for ten years.

A famine

Genesis 12:10
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe.
Genesis 26:1
Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
Genesis 43:1
Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.
Leviticus 26:19
I'll break your mighty pride. I'll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.
2 Samuel 21:1
One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years. David sought the LORD, who said, "Saul and his household are guilty because he executed the Gibeonites."
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so."
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, right when the famine in Samaria was most severe.
2 Kings 8:1
Meanwhile, Elisha urged the woman whose son he had restored to life, "You must get up and leave with your household to go live wherever you can, because the LORD has called for a famine, and it's going to come over the land for seven years."
Psalm 105:16
He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.
Psalm 107:34
and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 14:1
This is this message from the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Ezekiel 14:13
"Son of Man, when a nation sins against me by a treacherous act, I'll reach out to oppose it, destroying its source of food, by sending famine against it, and by destroying both people and beast within it.
Joel 1:10
"The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.
Amos 4:6
"I also have scheduled food shortages for you in all of your cities, and lack of bread in all of your settlements, but you haven't returned to me," declares the LORD.

General references

Matthew 2:5
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

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