Exodus 8:18

And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

Cross-reference

Exodus 7:11 Contrast

Exodus 7:11 shows magicians succeeding, contrasting with their failure here to produce gnats.

Exodus 9:11 Parallel

Exodus 9:11 shows magicians powerless and afflicted by boils, continuing their failure from here.

Exodus 7:12 Parallel

In Exodus 7:12, the magicians' staffs are swallowed by Aaron's—a prior display of their limited power, leading to this moment.

In 2 Timothy 3:8, Paul explicitly references Jannes and Jambres opposing Moses—the same magicians who failed here.

In 2 Timothy 3:9, their folly is compared to that of those two men—continuing the direct reference to the Exodus magicians.

Isaiah 19:12 mocks Egypt's wise men who cannot know God's plans, just as here they cannot replicate the plague.

Genesis 41:8 also shows Egyptian magicians unable to interpret—a pattern of their incompetence.

Isaiah 47:12 mocks Babylon's sorceries, paralleling the failure of Egypt's magicians here.

In Isaiah 47:13, Babylon's astrologers likewise fail to save—matching the magicians' impotence before God's power.

Daniel 2:10 Parallel

In Daniel 2:10, the Chaldeans admit no one can reveal the king's secret—mirroring the magicians' inability to duplicate God's plague.

Daniel 2:11 Parallel

In Daniel 2:11, they claim only gods can reveal the dream—similar to the magicians conceding God's finger.

Daniel 4:7 Parallel

In Daniel 4:7, Nebuchadnezzar's wise men cannot interpret his dream—echoing the Egyptian magicians' failure.

Daniel 5:8 Parallel

In Daniel 5:8, Belshazzar's wise men cannot read the writing—another instance of human wisdom failing before divine action.

Micah 3:7 Related theme

In Micah 3:7, false prophets are put to shame with no answer from God—similar to the magicians' confession of divine finger.