Exodus 1:14

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They made their lives bitter with back-breaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

God said to Abram, “You can know for sure that your descendants will live in a land that is not their own, where they will be slaves, and they will be oppressed for 400 years.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke to them as the young men advised. He said, “If my father made your burden heavy, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will punish you with scorpions.”

Psalm 129:1

“From the time I was young, people have attacked me …” (Israel should repeat this.)

Psalm 68:13

Though you stayed among the sheep pens, ⌞you will be like⌟ the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.

Psalm 81:6

“I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:13

So they forced the Israelites to work hard as slaves.

Exodus 1:15

Then the king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

Exodus 2:23

After a long time passed, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

Exodus 6:9

Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him because they were so discouraged by their back-breaking work.

Proverbs 28:15

⌞Like⌟ a roaring lion and a charging bear, ⌞so⌟ a wicked ruler is a threat to poor people.

Isaiah 10:24

The Almighty Lord of Armies says: My people who live in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with a rod or when they raise their staff against you as the Egyptians did.

Isaiah 14:6

They struck the people with fury, with blows that didn’t stop. They ruled nations in anger, persecuting them without restraint.

Isaiah 51:23

I will put it in the hands of those who made you suffer. They said to you, “Lie down so that we can walk over you.” So you made your back like the ground and like a street for them to cross.

Isaiah 52:5

So what do I find here? asks the Lord. My people are taken away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the Lord. And my name is cursed all day long.

Isaiah 58:6

This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.

Leviticus 25:43

Do not treat them harshly. Fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

You may acquire them for yourselves and for your descendants as permanent property. You may work them as slaves. However, do not treat the Israelites harshly. They are your relatives.

Leviticus 25:53

During those years he should serve his buyer as a hired worker. His buyer should not treat him harshly.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s flesh. You strip off their skin. You break their bones to pieces. You chop them up like meat for a pot, like stew meat for a kettle.

Nahum 3:14

Store water for the siege! Strengthen your defenses! Step into the claypits and trample the clay! Grab the brick mold!

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors went to Egypt, and we lived there for many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

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.

Acts 7:34

I’ve seen how my people are mistreated in Egypt. I’ve heard their groaning and have come to rescue them. So now I’m sending you to Egypt.’

Deuteronomy 26:6

So the Egyptians treated us cruelly, oppressed us, and made us do back-breaking work for them.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are the people the Lord brought out of Egypt, the iron smelter, in order to make you his own people as you still are today.

Ruth 1:20

She answered them, “Don’t call me Naomi [Sweet]. Call me Mara [Bitter] because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.