1 Kings 12:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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!”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisers.

Exodus 1:13

and made them work so hard

Exodus 1:14

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

Proverbs 12:5

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

Proverbs 13:10

Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.

Proverbs 16:18

Too much pride will destroy you.

Proverbs 17:14

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

Proverbs 29:12

A ruler who listens to lies will have corrupt officials.

Proverbs 5:13

I paid no attention to my teachers,

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, advisers, 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 boast or lie to cover-up the truth.