Exodus 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

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  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
  • Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question. 17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe. 18 But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up.
  • Dan 6:13 : 13 Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.
  • Exod 1:21 : 21 And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.
  • Acts 4:18-20 : 18 And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God: 20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. 12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
  • Gen 20:11 : 11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

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  • Exod 1:18-22
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    18And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

    19And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

    20And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

    21And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

    22And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

  • Exod 1:15-16
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    85%

    15And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

    16When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

  • Heb 11:23
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    23By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

  • Acts 7:18-19
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    18Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    19He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

  • Num 31:17-18
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    72%

    17So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

    18But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

  • Exod 9:20
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    20Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

  • Exod 13:15
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    15And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

  • Num 31:15
    72%

    15And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

  • Exod 5:21
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    21And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

  • Exod 2:2
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    2And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

  • Exod 2:6-9
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    6And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

    7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?

    8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.

    9And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.

  • Num 33:4
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    4While the Egyptians were placing in the earth the bodies of their sons on whom the Lord had sent destruction: and their gods had been judged by him.

  • Exod 14:5
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    5And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

  • Gen 42:18
    70%

    18And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

  • Exod 14:30-31
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    30So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.

    31And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

  • Acts 7:21
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    21And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

  • Exod 2:15
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    15Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

  • Exod 1:12-13
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    69%

    12But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

    13And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

  • Exod 12:29
    69%

    29And in the middle of the night the Lord sent death on every first male child in the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power to the child of the prisoner in the prison; and the first births of all the cattle.

  • Exod 1:8
    69%

    8Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

  • Exod 5:15
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    15Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

  • Exod 1:10
    69%

    10Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

  • Exod 13:17
    69%

    17Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.

  • Exod 2:23
    69%

    23Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.