132 Bible Verses about Famine
Want to know what the Bible says about Famine? Here are 132 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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Amos 8:11 NIV
“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
152
Luke 21:11 NIV
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
95
Matthew 24:7 NIV
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
88
Genesis 12:10 NIV
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
65
Psalm 107:34 NIV
and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
59
Amos 4:6-9 NIV
6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
7 “I also withheld rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water
but did not get enough to drink,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water
but did not get enough to drink,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
9 “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
destroying them with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
53
Job 5:20 NIV
In famine he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
51
2 Kings 7:4 NIV
If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”
48
Psalm 37:19 NIV
In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
43
Jeremiah 52:6 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.
43
Ezekiel 14:13 NIV
“Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,
41
Joel 1:16 NIV
Has not the food been cut off
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
37
Genesis 26:1 NIV
Now there was a famine in the land —besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
37
Psalm 105:16 NIV
He called down famine on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
35
32
Luke 12:33 NIV
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
29
Jeremiah 48:33 NIV
Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
28
Joel 1:17-20 NIV
17 The seeds are shriveled
beneath the clods.
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;
even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
beneath the clods.
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;
even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19 To you, Lord, I call,
for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness
and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;
the streams of water have dried up
and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.
for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness
and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;
the streams of water have dried up
and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.
28
Amos 8:11-12 NIV
11 “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
26
Ruth 1:1 NIV
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
25
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