1 Kings 12:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men had given him,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Common English Bible

¹³ The king then answered the people harshly. He ignored the elders’ advice

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him.

1 Kings 12:13 Cross References

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, “Your slave is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she ran away from her.

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and charged us with spying on the land.

Genesis 42:7

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

2 Samuel 19:43

But the people of Israel answered the people of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the people of Judah were fiercer than the words of the people of Israel.

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, “Come to me again the third day.”

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Exodus 10:28

Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Take care that you do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”