1 Kings 12:11

New American Bible - revised edition

My father put a heavy yoke on you, but I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.’”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is what you must say to this people who have told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you lighten it for us.’ You must say, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

1 Kings 12:12

Jeroboam and the whole people came back to King Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had instructed them: “Come back to me in three days.”

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke to them as the young men had advised: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 16:10

But Asa became angry with the seer and imprisoned him in the stocks, so greatly was he enraged at him over this. Asa also oppressed some of his people at this time.

Exodus 5:18

Now off to work! No straw will be supplied to you, but you must supply your quota of bricks.”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning!

Isaiah 58:6

Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking off every yoke?

Jeremiah 27:11

The people that bends the neck to the yoke of the king of Babylon to serve him, I will leave in peace on its own land—oracle of the Lord—to cultivate it and dwell on it.

Ezekiel 2:6

But as for you, son of man, do not fear them or their words. Do not fear, even though there are briers or thorns and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be terrified by their looks for they are a rebellious house.

1 Samuel 8:18

On that day you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.” Persistent Demand.