1 Kings 12:14

English Standard Version 2016

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 disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Cross References

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

Daniel 6:7

All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Exodus 1:13

So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.