Exodus 5:17

New International Version

Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

Exodus 5:8

But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Matthew 26:8

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”