Ruth 1:1

Modern English Version

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the land of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was during the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

1 Kings 18:2

Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a great famine in Samaria.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

1 Chronicles 2:54

The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

Psalm 105:16

Moreover He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole supply of bread.

Psalm 107:34

a fruitful land into barrenness, because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

Jeremiah 14:1

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Ezekiel 14:13

Son of man, when the land sins against Me by trespassing grievously, then I will stretch out My hand against it, and break the staff of the bread, and send famine against it, and cut off man and beast from it.

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send My four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven as iron and your land as bronze.

Amos 4:6

Though I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of food in all your places, yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, although you are small among the tribes of Judah, from you will come forth for Me one who will be ruler over Israel. His origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will carry a lot of seed out into the field but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.

Judges 12:8

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite from Judah, and he stayed as a resident foreigner there.

Judges 17:8

The man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. He came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to do his work.