Exodus 1:10
come then, let us deal craftily with them, lest at any time they be increased, and whensoever war shall happen to us, these also shall be added to our enemies, and having prevailed against us in war, they will depart out of the land.
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1 Samuel 29:4And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? will it not be with the heads of those men?
Psalms 10:2For behold the sinners have bent their bow, 1 They have prepared their arrows for the quiver, 1 To shoot privily at the upright in heart. 1
Psalms 105:25And they murmured in their tents: 1 They hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. 1
Proverbs 16:25There are ways that seem to be right to a man, 1 But the end of them looks to the depth of hell. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:9-15
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,… Read the whole commentary →