1 Kings 12:11
My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'"
Exodus 1:13-14
and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.
Exodus 5:5-9
Pharaoh was thinking, "The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor."
Exodus 5:18
So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"
1 Samuel 8:18
In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won't answer you in that day."
1 Kings 12:14
and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, "My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh."
2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
Isaiah 58:6
No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
Jeremiah 27:11
Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"
Jeremiah 28:13-14
"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!
Ezekiel 2:6
But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words -- even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions -- do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!
Revelation 9:3-10
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.