Exodus 1:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace  to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram,  ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners  for four hundred years  in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with difficult labour in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over them harshly  but fear your God.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: ‘My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’

2 Chronicles 10:11

Now therefore, my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.” ’

Proverbs 28:15

A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.