Exodus 5:22

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And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

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  • Exod 17:4 : 4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
  • Num 11:11 : 11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
  • Num 11:14-15 : 14 I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength. 15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
  • Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 5:23
    85%

    23 For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.

  • Num 11:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

    12 Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?

  • Exod 32:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

    12 Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

  • Exod 5:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

    21 And 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 14:11
    77%

    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 32:21
    77%

    21 And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

  • Exod 17:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Exod 32:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30 And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin.

    31 Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

  • Num 27:15
    76%

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Num 14:13
    76%

    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

    11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 33:12
    75%

    12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.

  • Exod 5:15
    74%

    15 Then 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 4:19
    74%

    19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.

  • Num 14:41
    74%

    41 And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

    4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

  • Exod 14:5
    74%

    5 And 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?

  • Exod 5:4
    73%

    4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

  • Exod 4:1
    73%

    1 And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

  • Exod 2:14
    73%

    14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

  • Num 11:15
    73%

    15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

  • Exod 18:8
    73%

    8 And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

  • Exod 18:15
    73%

    15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

  • Num 14:3
    73%

    3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

  • Exod 32:7
    73%

    7 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;

  • Num 27:5
    73%

    5 So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

  • Mic 6:3
    73%

    3 O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

  • Num 14:11
    72%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Num 11:23
    72%

    23 And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.

  • Num 21:5
    72%

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Num 14:26
    72%

    26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 14:15
    72%

    15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.