Ruth 1:1

God's Word

In the days when the judges were ruling, there was a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah went with his wife and two sons to live for a while in the country of Moab.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe.

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land in addition to the earlier one during Abraham’s time. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in Gerar.

Genesis 43:1

The famine was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 21:1

In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was particularly severe in Samaria.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, who first settled Bethlehem, and Hareph, who first settled Beth Gadar.

1 Chronicles 2:54

The descendants of Salma, ⌞who first settled⌟ Bethlehem, were the Netophathites, Atroth, ⌞who first settled⌟ Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,

Psalm 105:16

He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.

Psalm 107:34

and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.

Jeremiah 14:1

The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about the drought.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will use my power against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.

Leviticus 26:19

I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.

Amos 4:6

I left you with nothing to eat in any of your cities. I left you with no food in your entire land. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord.

Micah 5:2

You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be included among Judah’s cities. Yet, from you Israel’s future ruler will come for me. His origins go back to the distant past, to days long ago.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little because locusts will destroy your crops.

Judges 12:8

After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.

Judges 17:8

This man left Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could find ⌞a place⌟. He came to Micah’s house in the mountains of Ephraim to carry on his work.