2 Chronicles 10:10

Easy To Read Version

Then the young men that grew up with Rehoboam said to him, “This is what you should say to the people who talked with you. The people said to you, ‘Your father made life hard for us. It was like carrying a heavy weight. But we want you to make that weight lighter.’ But Rehoboam, this is what you should say to those people: Say to them, ‘My little finger will be thicker than my father’s waist!

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”

2 Chronicles 10:9

Rehoboam said to them, “What advice do you give me? How should we answer those people? They asked me to make their work easier. And they want me to make the weight lighter that my father put on them.”

Proverbs 10:14

Wise people \{are quiet\} and learn new things. But foolish people talk and bring trouble to themselves.

Proverbs 13:16

A wise person always thinks before he does something. But a foolish person shows he is stupid by the things he does.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man respects the Lord and stays away from evil. But a foolish man does things without thinking—he is not careful.

Proverbs 19:27

If you stop listening to instructions, then you will keep making stupid mistakes.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

Proverbs 28:25

A selfish person causes trouble. But the person who trusts in the Lord will be rewarded.

Proverbs 29:23

If a person thinks he is better than other people, then that will destroy him. But if a person is humble, then other people will respect him.