Exodus 5:17

New King James Version

But he said, “You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Cross References

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Matthew 26:8

But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

Exodus 5:8

And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Exodus 5:16

There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”