1 Kings 12:14

Tree of Life Version

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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:13

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

Exodus 1:13

They worked them harshly,

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard labor with mortar and brick, doing all sorts of work in the fields. In all their labors they worked them with cruelty.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 13:10

Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water— so stop a quarrel before it breaks out.

Proverbs 29:12

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

Proverbs 5:13

I would not listen to my teacher’s voice or incline my ear to my instructors.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better the end of a matter than its beginning. Better a patient spirit than a proud one.

Daniel 6:7

So these supervisors and satraps went in to the king as a group, and said to him, “King Darius, live forever!

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.