1 Kings 12:11

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And now whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who grew up with him answered, To the people who told you, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us–say this, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had appointed.

1 Kings 12:14

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

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison [in the stocks], for he was enraged with him because of this. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Exodus 5:18

Get out now and get to work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the full quota of bricks.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning!

Isaiah 58:6

[Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke? [Acts 8:23.]

Jeremiah 27:11

But any nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation will I let remain on its own land, says the Lord, to cultivate it and dwell in it.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words; though briers and thorns are all around you and you dwell and sit among scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

1 Samuel 8:18

In that day you will cry out because of your king you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not hear you then.