Exodus 1:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we.

Cross References

Genesis 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”

Genesis 46:3

Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Exodus 5:5

Pharaoh continued, “Now they are more numerous than the people of the land and yet you want them to stop laboring!”

Proverbs 14:28

The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell in us desire envy?