Psalm 105:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

Cross References

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

Genesis 47:13

The famine was bad everywhere in Egypt and Canaan, and the people were suffering terribly.

Genesis 47:19

Don't let us starve and our land be ruined. If you'll give us grain to eat and seed to plant, we'll sell ourselves and our land to the king. We'll become his slaves.

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “The LORD has warned that there will be no food here for seven years. Take your family and go and live somewhere else for a while.”

Psalm 104:15

wine to cheer us up, olive oil for our skin, and grain for our health.

Isaiah 3:1

The mighty LORD All-Powerful is going to take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything you need— your bread and water,

Ezekiel 4:16

Ezekiel, the people of Jerusalem will starve. They will have so little food and water that they will be afraid and hopeless.

Leviticus 26:26

You will have such a shortage of bread, that ten women will be able to bake their bread in the same oven. Each of you will get only a few crumbs, and you will go hungry.

Amos 3:6

Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't it the LORD who brings disaster on a city?

Haggai 2:17

I made all your hard work useless by sending mildew, mould, and hail—but you still did not return to me, your LORD.

Acts 7:11

Everywhere in Egypt and Canaan the grain crops failed. There was terrible suffering, and our ancestors could not find enough to eat.

Revelation 6:8

Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death's Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.