1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, ¹⁴ and spoke 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.

Counsel of the Elders

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Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself foreign to them, and spoke roughly with them. And he said to them. From where come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Genesis 42:30

The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

Exodus 10:28

And Pharaoh said to him, Get thee from me. Take heed to thyself, see my face no more, for in the day thou see my face thou shall die.

Judges 12:1-6

And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did thou pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with f

1 Samuel 20:10

Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answers thee roughly?

1 Samuel 20:30-31

Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do I not know that thou have chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?

1 Samuel 25:10-11

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king

1 Kings 20:6-11

But I will send my servants to thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it a

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, meek, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.