Exodus 5:9

God's Word

Make the work harder for these people so that they will be too busy to listen to lies.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:20

You give useless advice about getting ready for war. Whom, then, do you trust for support in your rebellion against me?

Job 16:3

Will ⌞your⌟ long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering ⌞me⌟?

Exodus 5:10

The slave drivers and foreman went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: I’m no longer giving you straw.

Exodus 5:8

but insist that they make the same number of bricks they were making before. Making fewer bricks will not be acceptable. They’re lazy! That’s why they’re crying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to our God.’

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah (son of Hoshaiah), Johanan (son of Kareah), and all the arrogant people said to Jeremiah, “You’re lying! The Lord our God didn’t send you to tell us that we must not go to live in Egypt.

Zechariah 1:6

Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?

Ephesians 5:6

Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes to those who refuse to obey him.