Exodus 1:20

World English Bible (2000)

God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

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  • Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
  • Ps 41:1-2 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. 2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
  • Ps 61:5 : 5 For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
  • Ps 111:5 : 5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 1:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

    22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

  • Exod 1:15-19
    5 verses
    83%

    15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,

    16 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

    17 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

    18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"

    19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."

  • Exod 1:7-13
    7 verses
    75%

    7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

    8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.

    9 He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

    10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

    11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

    12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

    13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

  • 24 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

  • 3 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

  • 17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Acts 7:19-21
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    69%

    19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.

    20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.

    21 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.

  • 36 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.

  • 2 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

  • Exod 2:23-25
    3 verses
    68%

    23 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

    24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

    25 God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.

  • 15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

  • 27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

  • Exod 18:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

    10 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

  • 21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

  • 9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.

  • 22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    67%

    17 Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.

    18 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Exod 5:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

    21 and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • 10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.

  • 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

  • 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

  • 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.