1 Kings 12:13

Tree of Life Version

The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him,

Cross References

Genesis 16:6

Abram said to Sarai, “Look! Your slave-girl is in your hand. Do to her what is good in your eyes.” So Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her presence.

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly, and took us as spies of the land.

Genesis 42:7

Then Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he made himself unrecognizable to them. Then he spoke harshly and said to them, “Where have you come from?” “From the land of Canaan,” they said, “to buy grain as food.”

2 Samuel 19:43

Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. So why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gifts?”

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.”

Exodus 10:28

So Pharaoh said to him, “Go away from me! Take heed never to see my face again, because on the day you do, you will die!”

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool destroy him.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my toil for which I had wisely labored under the sun. This too is futile.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”