Exodus 1:10
give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'
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1 Samuel 29:4And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, 'Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord — is it not with the heads of those men?'
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way right before a man, And its latter end — ways of death.
Acts 7:19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become 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 →