1 Kings 12:11
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
Exodus 5:5-9
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.
1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
1 Kings 12:14
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.
2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 27:11
But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jeremiah 28:13-14
Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.
Ezekiel 2:6
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Revelation 9:3-10
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.