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.”
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.
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.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the counsel
- 2 Chronicles 22:4, 5; Esther 1:16–21; Esther 2:2–4; Proverbs 12:5; Isaiah 19:11–13; Daniel 6:7
- My father made
- 1 Kings 12:10, 11; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 17:14; Ecclesiastes 7:8; James 3:14–18; James 4:1, 2