Psalms 105:16

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He called famine upon the land; He broke the supply of bread.

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  • Isa 3:1 : 1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.
  • Ezek 4:16 : 16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.'
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
  • Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, take your household, and go live in whatever place you can, for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years."
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.
  • Gen 41:25-32 : 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.' 26 'The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain are also seven years; the dreams mean the same thing.' 27 The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears of grain scorched by the east wind also represent seven years of famine. 28 It is just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. 29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt. 30 But after them, seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land. 31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered because the famine that follows will be so severe. 32 As for the dream being repeated to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and He will carry it out soon.
  • Gen 42:5-6 : 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
  • Gen 47:13 : 13 There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.
  • Gen 47:19 : 19 'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it?
  • Amos 7:1-4 : 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest. 2 When they had finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, 'Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!' 3 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'It will not happen,' said the Lord. 4 This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
  • Hag 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
  • Hag 2:17 : 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to me—this is the declaration of the LORD.
  • Matt 8:8-9 : 8 But the centurion replied, 'Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.' 9 'For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and I tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.'
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.
  • Rev 6:8 : 8 I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades followed closely with him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword, with famine, with plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 105:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17 He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

    18 They afflicted his feet with shackles; his soul was laid in iron chains.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    76%

    54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.

    55 When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

    56 The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt.

    57 And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 47:12-13
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    76%

    12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

    13 There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

  • Ezek 14:13
    74%

    13 Son of man, if a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, breaking its supply of bread, sending famine upon it, and cutting off from it both man and beast,

  • Ezek 5:16
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    16 When I send against you the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you, I will send more of them to destroy you and cut off your supply of bread.

  • Gen 43:1
    73%

    1 Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Ps 105:33-36
    4 verses
    72%

    33 He struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory.

    34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number.

    35 They ate up all the vegetation in their land and consumed the fruit of their ground.

    36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.

  • Ezek 4:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.'

    17 'In this way, they will lack bread and water, and they will be appalled at one another and waste away because of their iniquity.'

  • Acts 7:11
    71%

    11 Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 41:36
    71%

    36 This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

  • Lev 26:26
    70%

    26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.

  • Gen 47:15
    70%

    15 When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
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    5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

    6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 41:30-31
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    70%

    30 But after them, seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.

    31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered because the famine that follows will be so severe.

  • Gen 45:6
    69%

    6 For two years now, there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years, there will be no plowing or harvesting.

  • Gen 43:31
    69%

    31 After washing his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, "Serve the food."

  • Ps 105:15
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    15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
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    11 As she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand as well."

  • Ps 105:40
    69%

    40 They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

  • Isa 3:1
    69%

    1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.

  • Gen 39:6
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    6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he paid no attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

  • Gen 45:11
    68%

    11 I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.