1 Kings 12:14

New English Translation

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:13

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

Exodus 1:13

and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

Exodus 1:14

They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 13:10

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 17:14

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

Proverbs 29:12

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

Proverbs 5:13

For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.

Daniel 6:7

To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.