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 

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases ¹  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

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

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

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

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 

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 

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.

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, ¹  for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

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

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. ¹ 

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

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

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression ¹  of the king ²  is severe upon his victim. ³ 

And I cried out, ¹  “We are doomed! ²  Our wound is severe! We once thought, ‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’ ³ 

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

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.

I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down ¹  about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred ²  in Egypt from the day it was founded ³  until now.