Exodus 5:22

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Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

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  • Exod 17:4 : 4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"
  • Num 11:11 : 11 So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?
  • Num 11:14-15 : 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was greatly distressed because the people talked about stoning him. They were all bitter in spirit because of their sons and daughters, but David found strength in the Lord his God.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 He went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat under it, and prayed that he might die. 'Enough, LORD,' he said. 'Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.'
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 He replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'
  • Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 5:23
    85%

    23Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

  • Num 11:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?

    12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Why do You tell me to carry them in my arms, like a nurse carries an infant, to the land You promised their ancestors?

  • Exod 32:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"

    12Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people.

  • Exod 5:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,

    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • Exod 14:11
    77%

    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 32:21
    77%

    21Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"

  • Exod 17:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • Exod 32:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."

    31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold.

  • Num 27:15
    76%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Num 14:13
    76%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

    11But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 33:12
    75%

    12Moses said to the LORD, 'See, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My eyes.’

  • Exod 5:15
    74%

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

  • Exod 4:19
    74%

    19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'

  • Num 14:41
    74%

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

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • Exod 14:5
    74%

    5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the Israelites. They said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services!”

  • Exod 5:4
    73%

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

  • Exod 4:1
    73%

    1Then Moses answered and said, 'What if they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?

  • Exod 2:14
    73%

    14The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'

  • Num 11:15
    73%

    15If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.

  • Exod 18:8
    73%

    8Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

  • Exod 18:15
    73%

    15Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

  • Num 14:3
    73%

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Exod 32:7
    73%

    7Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."

  • Num 27:5
    73%

    5Moses brought their case before the LORD.

  • Mic 6:3
    73%

    3My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

  • Num 14:11
    72%

    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Num 11:23
    72%

    23The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'

  • Num 21:5
    72%

    5The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Num 14:26
    72%

    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Exod 14:15
    72%

    15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move forward.