Exodus 4:31
And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Cross-references
Exodus 4:8 promises signs to produce belief—here the people believe, fulfilling that purpose.
Exodus 4:1 records Moses' doubt that they would believe — contrasted with their belief here.
Exodus 4:5 states the purpose that the signs may make them believe — here that purpose is fulfilled.
Exodus 2:25 records God seeing their affliction — here the people hear that God has seen, leading to belief.
In Exodus 3:7, God declares He has seen their affliction — here the people hear and believe that message.
In Exodus 3:16, God promised to visit and see affliction — here the people hear and believe that very message.
In Exodus 3:18, God commands Moses to tell the elders He has appeared—here they deliver that message and the elders believe.
Exodus 5:21 shows the people later turning against Moses — a stark contrast to their initial faith here.
Exodus 14:31 describes a second believing and fearing after the Red Sea — parallel response of faith and worship.
Psalm 106:13 notes that Israel soon forgot God's works—a stark contrast to their immediate belief and worship here.
In Acts 7:34, Stephen quotes God's words about seeing Israel's affliction — the same divine attention that caused the people to worship in Exodus 4:31.
Genesis 21:1 uses the same Hebrew verb 'paqad' for God visiting Sarah, echoing the visitation theme here.
In Luke 7:16, the crowd cries 'God has visited his people' — directly echoing the Exodus response and identifying Jesus as that visitation.
Ruth 1:6 uses the identical phrase 'the Lord had visited his people', showing God's care extends beyond Exodus.
Deuteronomy 26:7 echoes the same language of God seeing Israel's affliction, reinforcing the divine response to suffering.
Genesis 50:24 has Joseph's prophecy that God will visit them — the same word fulfilled in Exodus 4:31.
Genesis 29:32 also says the Lord saw Leah's affliction — the same phrase used for Israel's suffering here.
1 Samuel 1:11 parallels the plea for God to look on affliction, like in Exodus God already saw; Hannah prays for the same attention.
In Luke 1:68, Zechariah echoes this language of God visiting His people — now fulfilled in Christ.
Psalm 106:12 recalls Israel believing and singing after the Red Sea—a similar response of belief and worship as seen here.
Lamentations 1:9 cries 'behold my affliction', echoing the same word used in Exodus for God's awareness of suffering.