Exodus 5:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He sayde: you are idle, idle are you: and therfore you say, we will go, and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde.

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 And the number of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed, lay vnto their charges also, and minishe nothing therof: for they be idell, and therfore crye, saying: we wyll go, and do sacrifice vnto our God.
  • Matt 26:8 : 8 But when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying: to what purpose is this waste?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
  • 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate. 11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.

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  • Exod 5:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18Go therfore nowe, & worke, and there shall no strawe be geuen you, & yet shall ye deliuer the whole tale of bricke.

    19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in worse case, after it was sayde, ye shall minishe nothyng of your brycke, of your dayly taske in due tyme:

  • Exod 5:4-16
    13 verses
    84%

    4Then saide the kyng of Egypt vnto them: wherfore do ye, Moyses and Aaron let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burthens.

    5And Pharao sayde furthermore: beholde, there is much people nowe in the lande, and you make them leaue theyr burthens.

    6And Pharao comaunded the same day, ye taskmaisters which were amongest the people and the officers, saying:

    7Ye shall geue the people no more strawe to make brycke withal, as ye did in tyme passed: let them go and gather them strawe them selues.

    8And the number of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed, lay vnto their charges also, and minishe nothing therof: for they be idell, and therfore crye, saying: we wyll go, and do sacrifice vnto our God.

    9They must haue more worke layed vpon them, that they may labour therin, and not regarde vayne wordes.

    10Then went the taskemaisters of the people, and the officers out, and tolde the people, saying: Thus sayeth Pharao, I wyll geue you no more strawe.

    11Go your selues and gather you straw where ye can finde it: yet shall none of your labour be minished.

    12And so were the people scattered abrode throughout all ye land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

    13And the taskemaisters hasted them forwarde, saying: fulfyll your worke, your dayly taskes in their due tyme, as if you had strawe.

    14And the officers of the children of Israel which Pharaos taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten. And they sayde vnto them: wherfore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in makyng of brycke both yesterday and to day, as well as in tymes past?

    15The officers also of the children of Israel, came & complayned vnto Pharao, saying: Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruauntes?

    16There is no strawe geuen vnto thy seruauntes, and they say vnto vs, make brycke: and thy seruauntes are beaten, and the fault is thyne owne people.

  • Mal 1:13
    72%

    13And ye saide, beholde it is a weerynesse, and you haue snuffed at it saith the Lorde of hoastes, and ye haue offered the stolne, and the lame, and the sicke, ye haue offered an offering: shoulde I accept this of your handes, saith the lorde?

  • Jer 25:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6And go not after straunge gods, serue them not, worship them not, and anger me not with the workes of your owne handes, then wyll I not punishe you.

    7Neuerthelesse, ye woulde not heare me saith the Lorde, but haue prouoked me to anger with the workes of your handes, to your great harme.

  • Mal 2:17
    72%

    17Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Thus the Lorde comaundeth, Take heede for your lyues that ye cary no burthen vpon you in the Sabbath, to bryng it through the gates of Hierusalem.

    22Ye shall beare no burthen also out of your houses in the Sabbath, you shall do no labour therin: but halowe the Sabbath, as I commaunded your fathers.

  • Mal 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Your wordes haue ben stout against me saith the lorde: and you saide, Wherein haue we spoken against thee?

    14Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5Nowe thus sayth the Lord of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • Hag 1:7
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    7Thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20Preach this vnto the house of Iacob, and crye it out in Iuda, and say thus:

  • Deut 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Kepe the Sabbath day, that thou sanctifie it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee.

    13Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and do all that thou hast to do:

  • Jer 17:24
    70%

    24Neuerthelesse, yf ye wyll heare me saith the Lorde, and beare no burthen into the citie through this gate vpon the Sabbath, yf ye wyll halowe the Sabbath, so that ye do no worke therin:

  • Eccl 5:1
    70%

    1When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.

  • Jer 2:5
    70%

    5Thus saith the Lorde, What vnfaithfulnesse founde your fathers in me, that they went so farre away fro me, fallyng to lightnesse, and beyng so vayne?

  • Hab 2:13
    70%

    13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.

  • Neh 13:18
    70%

    18Dyd not your fathers euen thus, and our God brought all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel, in that ye breake the Sabbath?

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25And Moyses sayde: Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes, for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God.

  • Hos 9:5
    69%

    5What wyll ye do then in the solempne day, and in the feast day of the Lorde?

  • Prov 19:15
    69%

    15Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.

  • Exod 20:9
    69%

    9Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do.

  • Mal 1:7
    69%

    7Ye offer vpon myne aulter vncleane bread, and say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lorde is not to be regarded.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12For they serued most vile idols, wherof the Lorde had sayd vnto them: Ye shall do no such thing.

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.

  • Num 14:41
    69%

    41And Moyses sayde: Wherfore transgresse ye thus the worde of the Lorde? it wyll not come well to passe.

  • Mal 1:10
    69%

    10Who is there euen among you that would shutte the doores, and kindle not fire on myne aulter in vaine? I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lorde of hoastes, neither wyll I accept an offering at your hande.

  • Hag 1:9
    68%

    9Ye loked for much, and lo it came to litle, and when ye brought it home, I dyd blowe vpon it: and why, sayth the Lord of hoastes? because of my house that is waste, and you run euery man into his his owne house.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
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    5And he gathered together the priestes and the Leuites, and sayde to them: Go out vnto the cities of Iuda, and gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God from yere to yere, and see that ye haste the thing: Howebeit the Leuites were slacke.

  • Josh 22:23
    68%

    23Or els yf we haue buylt vs an aulter to turne from folowyng the Lorde, or to offer theron burnt offeryng or meate offeryng, or to offer peace offerynges theron, let ye Lord him selfe require it.

  • Hag 2:17
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    17I smote you with blasting, and with mildeawe, and with hayle, in all the worke of your handes, and you turned not vnto me, sayth the Lorde.

  • Exod 8:25
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    25And Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron, and sayd: Go, and do sacrifice vnto your God in this lande.

  • Jer 42:13
    68%

    13Neuerthelesse, yf ye purpose not to dwell in this lande, nor to folowe the voyce of the Lorde your God:

  • Num 28:25
    68%

    25And in the seuenth day ye shall haue an holy conuocation, wherin ye shall do no seruile worke.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5
    68%

    5And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that do the worke, and that haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: and let them geue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde, to repaire the decayed places of the temple,