Bible verses about "famine" | MKJV

⁵³ And the seven years of plenty that was in the land of Egypt ended. ⁵⁴ And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do. ⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe on the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all the earth came into Egypt to buy, to Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

⁴ If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we still sit here, we also shall die. And now come and let us fall to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we shall live. And if they kill us, we shall only die.

²⁰ In famine He shall redeem you from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

³⁴ a fruitful land to a salty desert, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

⁶ And in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, the famine was very grievous in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

¹³ Son of man, when a land sins against Me by traitorous betraying, then I will stretch out My hand on it, and will break the staff of its bread, and will send famine on it, and will cut off man and beast from it.

⁶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, and you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah. ⁷ And I have also withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest. And I caused rain to fall on one city and caused it not to rain on another city; one piece was rained on, and the piece on which it did not rain dried up. ⁸ So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah. ⁹ I have stricken you with blasting and mildew. When your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees. and your olive trees increased, the creeping locust devoured them; yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.

¹⁶ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God?

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.

¹¹ And great earthquakes shall be in different places, and famines and plagues. And there shall be terrors and great signs from Heaven.

¹¹ Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the Words of Jehovah.