2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? 3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. 4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
Job 30:2–4
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Psalms 105:34–36
34 He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number. 35 They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. 36 Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
Job 24:4–6
4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. 5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. 6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards o…
Psalms 78:45–47
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Job 5:4–6
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. 5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. 6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Psalms 107:4–6
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. 5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:8–10
8 Yes, and in this you persuaded our enemies that you are he who delivers out of every evil. (WEB) 9 For the bites of locusts and flies truly killed them. No healing for their life was found, because they were worthy to be punished by such things. (WEB) 10 But your children weren… (WEB)
Psalms 107:17–19
17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
Psalms of Solomon 13:2–4
2 The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through, From famine and the death of sinners. (PSS) 3 Noisome beasts ran upon them: With their teeth they tore their flesh, And with their molars crushed their bones. (PSS) 4 But from all these things the Lord deliv… (PSS)
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