1 Kings 12:14
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."
Cross References
Exodus 1:13
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 1:14
and 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 5:5
Pharaoh also said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor."

Exodus 5:16
No 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 12:13
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.


Treasury of Scripture
And spoke 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.

the counsel



2 Chronicles 22:4,5
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction…



Esther 1:16-21
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus…



Esther 2:2-4
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: …

My father made



1 Kings 12:10,11
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins…



Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.



Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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