Ruth 1:1

New King James Version

Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

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

Genesis 26:1

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

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.

Judges 17:8

The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Amos 4:6

“Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord.

Psalm 105:16

Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?

Jeremiah 14:1

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

Psalm 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.

Judges 12:8

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Judges 17:7

Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

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, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.