Exodus 5:5

New International Version

Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’ ”

Exodus 2:11

One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.