1 Kings 12:13

New King James Version

Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

Cross References

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man uses entreaties, But the rich answers roughly.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us—were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”

Exodus 10:28

Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”

Genesis 42:30

“The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

Genesis 16:6

So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”

1 Kings 12:14

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.