Now the famine was severe in the land. ¹ 

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. ¹ 

Then ¹  after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

By the ninth day of the fourth month ¹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ²  had no food.

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt ¹  to stay for a while ²  because the famine was severe. ³ 

By the ninth day of the fourth month ¹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ²  had no food.

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ¹  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ² 

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. ¹  Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. ² 

Severe discipline ¹  is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof ²  will die.

then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants – great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.” ¹ 

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth ¹  of their generosity.

While the famine was over all the earth, ¹  Joseph opened the storehouses ²  and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away ¹  because of the famine.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each ¹  of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. ²  So the land became Pharaoh’s.

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents ¹  in the land. There ²  is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

Moreover, ¹  the Lord says to the people of Zion, ²  “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe. ³ 

then the hand of the Lord will surely bring ¹  a very terrible plague ²  on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, ³  the herds, and the flocks.

After this ¹  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.