1 Kings 12:11

Modern English Version

Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your burden. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!’ ”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men who grew up with him said, “Thus shall you answer this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger will be thicker than my father’s loins!

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had appointed, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”

1 Kings 12:14

and instead spoke to them following the advice of the young men. He said, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your burden. 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 placed him in prison stocks, for he was enraged by these words. Asa even oppressed some of the people during this time.

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the quota of bricks.”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a lad, and your princes feast in the morning!

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke?

Jeremiah 27:11

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, says the Lord, and they shall till it and dwell in it.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

1 Samuel 8:18

And you will cry out in that day because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”