1 Kings 12:14

Modern English Version

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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:13

The king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men gave him,

Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians made the Israelites to serve with rigor,

Exodus 1:14

and they made their lives bitter with hard service—in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. In all their service they made them serve with rigor.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride comes only contention, but with the teachable is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop the contention before fighting begins.

Proverbs 29:12

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

Proverbs 5:13

I did not obey the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to those who instructed me.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and the patient in spirit than the haughty in spirit.

Daniel 6:7

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the officials, the counselors, and the captains have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.