Exodus 1:9

Tree of Life Version

He said to his people, “Look, the people of Bnei-Yisrael are too numerous and too powerful for us.

Cross References

Genesis 26:16

So Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than us.”

Genesis 46:3

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

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Exodus 5:5

Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now so numerous, yet you would have them rest from their labors?”

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory, but lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

Proverbs 27:4

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

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.

Titus 3:3

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

James 4:5

Or do you think that in vain the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which He made to dwell in us”?