Exodus 5:17

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Pharaoh said, "Lazy! That’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'
  • Matt 26:8 : 8 When His disciples saw this, they were indignant and said, "Why this waste?"
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat. 11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies.

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  • Exod 5:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18"Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks."

    19The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day."

  • Exod 5:4-16
    13 verses
    84%

    4But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their labor? Get back to your work."

    5And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!"

    6That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

    7"You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

    8But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'

    9Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies."

    10So the slave drivers and overseers went out and said to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you any straw.'

    11"Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all."

    12So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

    13The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you each day, just as when you had straw."

    14And Pharaoh's slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, "Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?"

    15Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?"

    16"No straw is given to your servants, yet we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people."

  • Mal 1:13
    72%

    13You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD.

  • Jer 25:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Do not follow other gods to serve them or worship them. Do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; then I will not bring disaster upon you.'

    7But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.

  • Mal 2:17
    72%

    17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21This is what the LORD says: 'Be careful not to carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.'

    22Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Mal 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?

    14You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.

  • Hag 1:7
    71%

    7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

  • Deut 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

  • Jer 17:24
    70%

    24But if you diligently obey Me, declares the LORD, and do not bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,

  • Eccl 5:1
    70%

    1Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

  • Jer 2:5
    70%

    5This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

  • Hab 2:13
    70%

    13Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?

  • Neh 13:18
    70%

    18Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster upon us and upon this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!"

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25But Moses said, "You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

  • Hos 9:5
    69%

    5What will you do on the day of your appointed festival, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

  • Prov 19:15
    69%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Exod 20:9
    69%

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • Mal 1:7
    69%

    7By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    69%

    12They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Num 14:41
    69%

    41But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.

  • Mal 1:10
    69%

    10Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands.

  • Hag 1:9
    68%

    9You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    68%

    5He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to repair the house of your God annually. Hurry and do this task." But the Levites did not act quickly.

  • Josh 22:23
    68%

    23If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • Hag 2:17
    68%

    17I struck you—all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to me—this is the declaration of the LORD.

  • Exod 8:25
    68%

    25Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people tomorrow. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD."

  • Jer 42:13
    68%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

  • Num 28:25
    68%

    25On the seventh day, you shall have a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5
    68%

    5Let it be given to the hands of the workmen who are appointed over the house of the LORD, and they shall use it to pay the workers engaged in the repairs of the house—