1 Kings 12:10

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

2 Samuel 17:7-13

Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”

2 Chronicles 10:10-11

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy person provokes conflict,
but whoever trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will humble him,
but a humble spirit will gain honor.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

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1 Kings 12:10

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.

Thus shalt thou

2 Samuel 17:7

My little finger

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