2 Chronicles 10:14

Conservative English Version

and told them exactly what his own advisors had suggested. He said: "My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!"

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:13

Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors. He spoke bluntly

2 Chronicles 10:15

When the people realized that Rehoboam would not listen to them, they shouted: "We don't have to be loyal to David's family. We can do what we want. Come on, people of Israel, let's go home! Rehoboam can rule his own people." Adoniram was in charge of the work force, and Rehoboam sent him to talk to the people. But they stoned him to death. Then Rehoboam ran to his chariot and hurried back to Jerusalem. Everyone from Israel's northern tribes went home, leaving Rehoboam to rule only the people from Judah. And since that day, the people of Israel have been opposed to David's descendants in Judah. All of this happened just as Ahijah the LORD's prophet from Shiloh had told Jeroboam.

Proverbs 12:5

Good people have kind thoughts, but you should never trust the advice of someone evil.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of an argument is like a water leak-- so stop it before real trouble breaks out.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

A country is in for trouble when its ruler is childish, and its leaders party all day long.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Something completed is better than something just begun; patience is better than too much pride.

Daniel 6:7

All of your officials, leaders, advisors, and governors agree that you should make a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next thirty days. Everyone who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions.

James 3:14

But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and selfishness, don't brag or lie to cover up the truth.

Revelation 9:10

Their tails were like a scorpion's tail with a stinger that had the power to hurt someone for five months.

Revelation 9:3

Locusts came out of the smoke and covered the earth. They were given the same power that scorpions have.

Revelation 9:5

The locusts were allowed to make them suffer for five months, but not to kill them. The suffering they caused was like the sting of a scorpion.