1 Kings 12:11

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

1 Kings 12:12

So Yarov`am and all the people came to Rechav`am the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!*

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Isaiah 58:6

Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Jeremiah 27:11

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Bavel, and serve him, that [nation] will I let remain in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

Ezekiel 2:6

You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

1 Samuel 8:18

You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.