1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

¹² And they came, Jeroboam and all the people, to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. ¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and left the old men's advice which they advised him, ¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father whipped you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Counsel of the Elders

No

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your slave woman is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you. 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 remained a stranger to them, and spoke roughly to them. And he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Genesis 42:30

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

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

Exodus 10:28

And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me! Take heed to yourself; see my face no more. For in the day you see my face you shall die.

Judges 12:1-6

And the men of Ephraim were called together and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? Or what if your father answers you roughly?

1 Samuel 20:30-31

And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the shame of your 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? The servants who have broken away, each man from his master, have multiplied.

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 also have more right in David than you. Why then did you despise us, so that our advice should not be sought first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were more fierce than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 20:6-11

yet I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand and take it away.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing; but the mouth of the wicked what is contrary.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise shall be wise, but a companion with fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor speaks humble requests, but the rich answers roughly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.