Exodus 5:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, ‘Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? And why did you ever send me?

Cross References

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived  me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughing-stock all the time; everyone ridicules me.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.

1 Kings 19:10

He replied, ‘I have been very zealous  for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,  torn down your altars,  and killed your prophets  with the sword. I alone am left,  and they are looking for me to take my life.’

1 Kings 19:4

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree  and prayed that he might die. He said, ‘I have had enough! Lord, take my life,  for I’m no better than my ancestors.’

1 Samuel 30:6

David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him,  for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.

Numbers 11:11

So Moses asked the Lord, ‘Why have you brought such trouble on your servant? Why are you angry with me,  and why do you burden me with all these people?

Exodus 17:4

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, ‘What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me! ’

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

Jeremiah 4:10

I said, ‘Oh no, Lord God, you have certainly deceived  this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, “You will have peace,”  while a sword is at  our throats.’

Joshua 7:7

‘Oh, Lord God,’ Joshua said, ‘why did you ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!