1 Kings 12:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He 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

1 Kings 12:10

His younger advisers said: Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.

1 Kings 12:12

Three days later, Jeroboam and the others came back.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke bluntly and told them exactly what his own advisers had suggested: “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!”

2 Chronicles 16:10

When Asa heard this, he was so angry that he put Hanani in prison. Asa was also cruel to some of his people.

Exodus 5:18

Get back to work! You won't be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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

Isaiah 58:6

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused!

Jeremiah 27:11

But if you and your nation are willing to obey Nebuchadnezzar, I will let you stay in your country, and your people will continue to live and work on their farms.

Ezekiel 2:6

Don't be afraid of them or of anything they say. You may think you're in the middle of thorn bushes or scorpions. But be brave

1 Samuel 8:18

and you will finally cry out for the LORD to save you from the king you wanted. But the LORD won't answer your prayers.