Exodus 5:17

World English Bible (2000)

But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:8 : 8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
  • Matt 26:8 : 8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
  • 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat." 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

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  • Exod 5:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!"

    19The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"

  • Exod 5:4-16
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    84%

    4The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"

    5Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."

    6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

    7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

    8The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

    9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

    10The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you straw.

    11Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"

    12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

    13The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"

    14The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

    16No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people."

  • Mal 1:13
    72%

    13You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.

  • Jer 25:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

    7Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

  • Mal 2:17
    72%

    17You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Jer 17:21-22
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    72%

    21Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

    22neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • Mal 3:13-14
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    71%

    13"Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'

    14You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

  • Hag 1:5
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    5Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.

  • Hag 1:7
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    7This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • Deut 5:12-13
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    12"Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.

    13You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

  • Jer 17:24
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    24It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;

  • Eccl 5:1
    70%

    1Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

  • Jer 2:5
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    5Thus says Yahweh, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • Hab 2:13
    70%

    13Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

  • Neh 13:18
    70%

    18Didn't your fathers do thus, and didn't our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath."

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

  • Hos 9:5
    69%

    5What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh?

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Exod 20:9
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    9You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

  • Mal 1:7
    69%

    7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we polluted you?' In that you say, 'Yahweh's table contemptible.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Num 14:41
    69%

    41Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?

  • Mal 1:10
    69%

    10"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

  • Hag 1:9
    68%

    9"You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    68%

    5He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter." However the Levites didn't do it right away.

  • Josh 22:23
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    23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.

  • Hag 2:17
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    17I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.

  • Exod 8:25
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    25Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"

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    13But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

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    25On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

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