Exodus 1:10
Come, let vs worke wisely with them, least they multiplie, and it come to passe, that if there be warre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.
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1 Samuel 29:4But the princes of the Philistims were wroth with him, and the princes of the Philistims said vnto him, Sende this fellow backe, that he may goe againe to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not goe downe with vs to battell, least that in the battell he be an aduersarie to vs: for wherewith should he obteine the fauour of his master? shoulde it not be with the heades of these men?
Psalms 10:2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.
Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and euill entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their yong children, that they should not remaine aliue.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.
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 →