Exodus 1:14

Modern English Version

and they made their lives bitter with hard service—in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. In all their service they made them serve with rigor.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will live as strangers in a land that is not theirs, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

1 Kings 12:14

and instead spoke to them following the advice of the young men. He said, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your burden. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Psalm 129:1

“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth—” let Israel now say —

Psalm 68:13

Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its pinions with yellow gold.

Psalm 81:6

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

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their labor. They built for Pharaoh storage cities: Pithom and Rameses.

Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians made the Israelites to serve with rigor,

Exodus 1:15

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,

Exodus 2:23

In the passing of time, the king of Egypt died. And the Israelites sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry came up to God on account of the bondage.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 6:9

Moses spoke so to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 10:24

Therefore, thus says the Lord God of Hosts: O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.

Isaiah 14:6

he who struck the people in wrath with unceasing strokes, he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and no one hinders.

Isaiah 51:23

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to you, “Lie down that we may walk over you.” And you have laid your back as the ground and as the street for those who walk on it.

Isaiah 52:5

Now therefore, what do I have here, says the Lord, seeing that My people have been taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them make them wail, says the Lord, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke?

Leviticus 25:43

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

You may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, for their possession. They shall be your slaves forever. But over your brothers, the Israelites, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

Leviticus 25:53

As a yearly hired servant he shall be treated, and the other shall not rule harshly over him in your sight.

Micah 3:3

you who have eaten the flesh of My people, and have flayed their skin from them, and broken their bones in pieces; who have chopped them up like meat in the pot, and like flesh in the cauldron.

Nahum 3:14

Draw water for the siege! Strengthen your forts! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!

Numbers 20:15

how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians distressed us and our fathers.

Acts 7:19

He dealt deceitfully with our people and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their infants, so that they would not live.

Acts 7:34

I have indeed seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt. I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

Deuteronomy 26:6

However, the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and laid upon us harsh labor.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.

Ruth 1:20

But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has brought great bitterness to me.