Exodus 1:10

God's Word

We have to outsmart them, or they’ll increase in number. Then, if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

Cross References

Job 5:13

He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

Psalm 105:25

He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us. Let’s set an ambush to kill someone. Let’s hide to ambush innocent people for fun.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ against the Lord.

Numbers 22:6

Please come and curse these people for me, because they are too strong for me. Maybe then I’ll be able to defeat them and force them out of the country. I know that whomever you bless is blessed and whomever you curse is cursed.”

Acts 23:12

In the morning the Jews formed a conspiracy. They asked God to curse them if they ate or drank anything before they had killed Paul.

Acts 7:19

This king was shrewd in the way he took advantage of our people. He mistreated our ancestors. He made them abandon their newborn babies outdoors, where they would die.

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine officers were angry with Achish. “Send the man back,” the Philistine officers told him. “Return him to the place you assigned him. He shouldn’t go with us into battle. He shouldn’t ⌞be allowed to⌟ become our enemy during the battle. Is this man going to try to regain his master’s favor? He’ll do it with the lives of our men!