1 Kings 12:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:13

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Exodus 1:13

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

Exodus 1:14

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

Proverbs 12:5

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

Proverbs 13:10

The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

Proverbs 5:13

I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

Daniel 6:7

All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.