Exodus 1:9

New English Translation

He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

Cross References

Genesis 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”

Genesis 46:3

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

Exodus 5:5

Pharaoh was thinking, “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

Proverbs 14:28

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless – like chasing the wind.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

James 4:5

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?