Nehemiah 5:2

New Living Translation

They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:57

And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.

Genesis 42:2

I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”

Genesis 43:8

Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation—and not only we, but you and our little ones.

Genesis 47:19

Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”

2 Kings 4:1

One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:3

Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!

Malachi 2:2

Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.

Deuteronomy 23:19

“Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Israelite, whether you loan money, or food, or anything else.