1 Kings 12:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Ignoring the advice the elders had given him, the king gave the people a harsh answer.

Cross References

Genesis 16:6

Abram told Sarai: “Your maid is in your power. Do to her what you regard as right.” Sarai then mistreated her so much that Hagar ran away from her.

Genesis 42:30

“The man who is lord of the land,” they said, “spoke to us harshly and put us in custody on the grounds that we were spying on the land.

Genesis 42:7

He recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own identity from them and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked them. They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

2 Samuel 19:43

All the Judahites replied to the men of Israel: “Because the king is our relative. Why are you angry over this? Have we had anything to eat at the king’s expense? Or have portions from his table been given to us?”

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.”

Exodus 10:28

Pharaoh said to Moses, “Leave me, and see to it that you do not see my face again! For the day you do see my face you will die!”

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh answered, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the just is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the just know favor, but the mouth of the wicked, perversion.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with the wise and you become wise, but the companion of fools fares badly.

Proverbs 15:1

A mild answer turns back wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor implore, but the rich answer harshly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the mouth of the wise win favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether that one will be wise or a fool? Yet that one will take control of all the fruits of my toil and wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.

1 Samuel 20:10

David then asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father gives you a harsh answer?” Mutual Agreement.