1 Kings 12:11

Tree of Life Version

So now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but as for me, I will chastise you with scorpions.’”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him saying: “Thus you should say to these people who spoke to you saying ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

1 Kings 12:12

Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king told them, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the counsel 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 scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Exodus 5:18

So go now and work! No straw will be given to you—but you must deliver the quota of bricks.”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Oy to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.

Isaiah 58:6

“Is not this the fast I choose: to release the bonds of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to tear off every yoke?

Jeremiah 27:11

“But the nation that will bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, that nation I will let remain in its land, and they will till it and dwell in it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 2:6

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them. Do not fear their words, though thistles and thorns are beside you and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be dismayed by their looks—for they are a rebellious house.

1 Samuel 8:18

When the day comes and you cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, Adonai will not answer you on that day.”