Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Their lives
In morter
Was with rigour
General references
Bible References
Their lives
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
Exodus 6:9
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Numbers 20:15
Our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.
Deuteronomy 26:6
But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.
Ruth 1:20
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
Acts 7:19
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.
In morter
Psalm 68:13 While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
Psalm 81:6 “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
Nahum 3:14 Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!
Was with rigour
Exodus 1:13
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
Exodus 5:7
“Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
Leviticus 25:43
You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.
Isaiah 14:6 It struck the peoples in anger
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.
Isaiah 51:23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you:
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.
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who said to you:
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.
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Isaiah 52:5 So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Isaiah 58:6 Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
Jeremiah 50:33
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.
All their captors hold them fast;
they refuse to release them.
All their captors hold them fast;
they refuse to release them.
Micah 3:3 You eat the flesh of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”
General references
Deuteronomy 26:6
But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.