1 Kings 12:11

Good News Translation

Tell them, ‘My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!’”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!’

1 Kings 12:12

Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them.

1 Kings 12:14

as the younger men had advised. He said, “My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!”

2 Chronicles 16:10

This made Asa so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

Exodus 5:18

Now get back to work! You will not be given any straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.

Isaiah 58:6

“The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.

Jeremiah 27:11

But if any nation submits to the king of Babylonia and serves him, then I will let it stay on in its own land, to farm it and live there. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Ezekiel 2:6

“But you, mortal man, must not be afraid of them or of anything they say. They will defy and despise you; it will be like living among scorpions. Still, don't be afraid of those rebels or of anything they say.

1 Samuel 8:18

When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the Lord will not listen to your complaints.”