1 Kings 12:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old 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, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the land.

Genesis 42:7

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

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men 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 men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 12:12

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

1 Kings 12:14

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Exodus 10:28

Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take heed to yourself; never see my face again; for in the day you see my face you shall die.”

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover 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

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer 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

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? 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, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.

1 Samuel 20:10

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