Exodus 1:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

and made them work so hard

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are the Lord's people, because he rescued you from Egypt, that fiery furnace.

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for 400 years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

Exodus 1:14

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

Leviticus 25:43

So obey me, and don't be cruel to the poor.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke bluntly and told them exactly what his own advisors had suggested: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

2 Chronicles 10:11

He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

Psalm 105:25

They served the Lord, and he made the Egyptians plan hateful things against them.

Proverbs 28:15

A ruler who mistreats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.