Exodus 5:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So the people went everywhere in Egypt looking for straw.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:12

People can build on that foundation using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw.

Nahum 1:10

You will be destroyed completely like thornbushes burning under a pot. You will be destroyed like dry weeds that burn quickly.

Obadiah 1:18

The family of Jacob will be like a fire. The nation of Joseph will be like a flame. But the nation of Esau will be like ashes. The people of Judah will burn Edom, and they will destroy it. Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.” This will happen because the Lord said it would.

Joel 2:5

Listen to them. It is like the noise of chariots riding over the mountains. It is like the noise of flames burning the chaff. They are a powerful people, who are ready for war.

Isaiah 47:14

But they cannot even save themselves. They will burn like straw. They will burn so fast that there will be no coals left to cook bread. There will be no fire left to sit by.

Isaiah 5:24

So bad things will happen to them. Their descendants will be destroyed completely, just as fire burns straw and leaves. Their descendants will be like plants with rotten roots, whose flowers have all blown away like dust in the wind. Those people refused to obey the teachings of the Lord All-Powerful. They hated the message from the Holy One of Israel.

Exodus 15:7

In your great majesty you destroyed those who stood against you. Your anger destroyed them, like fire burning straw.

Exodus 5:11

You must go and get the straw for yourselves. So go and find straw, but you must still make as many bricks as you made before.”

Exodus 5:13

The slave masters forced the people to work even harder. They forced the people to make as many bricks as before.