Exodus 5:12
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.”Exodus 5:12
What Does Exodus 5:12 Mean?
Exodus 5:12 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 5, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 7 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (7)
These passages are connected to Exodus 5:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 15:7“And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.”Isaiah 5:24“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”Isaiah 47:14“Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.”Joel 2:5“Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.”Obadiah 1:18“And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.”Nahum 1:10“For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.”1 Corinthians 3:12“Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;”
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