1 Kings 12:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.””
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“and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and spake to them after 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I--I chastise you with scorpions;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 12:14 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
- Exodus 5:5Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
- Exodus 5:16No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
- 1 Kings 12:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
- 2 Chronicles 22:4And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
- Esther 1:16And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
- Esther 2:2Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
- Proverbs 5:13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
- Proverbs 12:5The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
- Proverbs 13:10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Daniel 6:7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
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