1 Kings 12:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And now my father put a, heavy yoke upon you: but I will add to your yoke. My father beat you with whips: but I will beat you with scorpions.

Cross References

Ezekiel 2:6

And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Jeremiah 27:11

But the nation that shall bend down their neck under the yoke of the king Babylon and shall serve him: I will let them remain in their own land, saith the Lord: and they shall till it and dwell in it.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress. Let them that are broken go free: and break asunder every burden.

2 Chronicles 16:10

And Asa was angry with the seer, and commanded him to be put in prison: for he was greatly enraged because of this thing. And he put to death many of the people at that time.

1 Kings 12:14

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

1 Samuel 8:18

And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore, and work. Straw shall not be given you; and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men that had been brought up with him said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.