Exodus 9:16

God explains he raised Pharaoh up to display his power and proclaim his name worldwide. Pharaoh's defiance is made to serve God's larger redemptive purpose.

Cross-references · 19

• Rom 9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
• Prov 16:4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
• Ps 83:17–18Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
• Ps 64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
• 1 Chr 16:24Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
• Exod 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Exod 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
• Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
• Rom 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
• Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• 1 Pet 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Jude 1:4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ps 136:10–15To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
• Mal 1:14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
• Josh 2:10–11For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
• Isa 63:12–14That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
• Exod 15:11–16Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• 1 Pet 2:19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
• 1 Sam 4:8Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

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