1 Kings 18:2

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1 Kings 18:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

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

3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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Psalms 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

Psalms 51:4

Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:6

So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

2 Kings 6:25

So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:3

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

Jeremiah 14:4

The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Jeremiah 14:5

Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 1:16

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:17

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Joel 1:18

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Joel 1:19

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.