What does the Bible say about locusts?

12 verses about locusts, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about locusts

1. Revelation 9:3 — And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 5 votes
2. 2 Chronicles 7:13 — If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 4 votes
3. Proverbs 30:27 — The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 3 votes
4. Joel 2:25 — And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 3 votes
5. Exodus 10:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: 2 votes
6. Leviticus 11:22 — Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 2 votes
7. Psalms 105:34 — He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, 2 votes
8. Joel 1:4 — That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. 2 votes
9. Mark 1:6 — And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 2 votes
10. Revelation 9:1 — And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 votes
11. Revelation 9:4 — And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 2 votes
12. Revelation 9:7 — And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Revelation (4), Joel (2), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Mark (1)

Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.