1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came in unto Rehoboam, on the third day, - as the king had bidden, saying - Come again unto me, on the third day. ¹³ And the king answered the people, harshly, - and declined the counsel of the elders wherewith they had counselled him; ¹⁴ and spake unto them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father, made your yoke heavy, but, I, will add unto your yoke, - My father, chastised you, with whips, but, I, will chastise you, with scorpions.

Counsel of the Elders

No

Genesis 16:6

And Abram said unto Sarai, Lo! thy handmaid, is in thy hand, do to her what is good in thine eyes. So Sarai humbled her, and she fled from her face.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph beheld his brethren and recognised them, - and made himself a stranger unto them and spake with them harsh things and said unto them - Whence have ye come in? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

Genesis 42:30

The man that is lord of the land spake unto us harsh things, - and then delivered us up. as spies of the land.

Exodus 5:2

Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly. Israel, will I not let go!

Exodus 10:28

So Pharaoh said to him - Get thee from me, - take heed to thyself - do not any more! see my face, for in the day thou dost see my face, thou shalt die.

Judges 12:1-6

And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northward, - and said unto Jephthah - Wherefore didst thou pass over to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and, for us, didst not call, to go with thee? Thy house, will we consume over thee with fire.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then said David unto Jonathan, Who shall tell me, - if thy father answer thee aught that is, harsh?

1 Samuel 20:30-31

Then was Saul's anger kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of rebellious perversity! do I not know that thou art, confederate, with the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and to the confusion of the shame of thy mother?

1 Samuel 25:10-11

Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord:

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said - Ten parts, have we in the king, therefore, even in David, have we more right than ye. Why, then, made ye light of us, so that our word was not heard first as to bringing back our king? And, the words of the men of Judah, were fiercer than, the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 20:6-11

Therefore, about this time to-morrow, will I send my servants unto thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants, - and it shall be, that, all the delight of thine eyes, shall they put in their hand, and take away.

Proverbs 10:11

A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous, know what is pleasing, but, the mouth of the lawless, speaketh perversities.

Proverbs 13:20

He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

Proverbs 18:23

Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth, are pleasant, - but, the lips of a dullard, will swallow him up:

James 3:17

But, the wisdom from above, is - first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.