133 Bible Verses about Famine
Want to know what the Bible says about Famine? Here are 133 Bible verses about Famine from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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2 Samuel 21:1 NIV
During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
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1 Chronicles 21:12 NIV
three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord —days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
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Ezekiel 5:16 NIV
When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.
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Isaiah 14:30 NIV
The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy will lie down in safety.
But your root I will destroy by famine;
it will slay your survivors.
and the needy will lie down in safety.
But your root I will destroy by famine;
it will slay your survivors.
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Ezekiel 4:16 NIV
He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,
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Genesis 41:56 NIV
When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.
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Jeremiah 5:17 NIV
They will devour your harvests and food,
devour your sons and daughters;
they will devour your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.
With the sword they will destroy
the fortified cities in which you trust.
devour your sons and daughters;
they will devour your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.
With the sword they will destroy
the fortified cities in which you trust.
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2 Kings 25:3 NIV
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
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Lamentations 1:11 NIV
All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
as they search for bread;
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
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Nehemiah 5:3 NIV
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
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