Exodus 5:17

American Standard Version 2015

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

Cross References

John 6:27

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, {\i even} God, hath sealed.}

Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Exodus 5:8

And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:16

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people.

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.