1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

¹² And they come -- Jeroboam and all the people -- unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, 'Come back unto me on the third day.' ¹³ And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, ¹⁴ and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, 'My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions;'

Counsel of the Elders

No

Genesis 16:6

And Abram saith unto Sarai, 'Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, 'From whence have ye come?' and they say, 'From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

Genesis 42:30

'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

Exodus 5:2

and Pharaoh saith, 'Who is Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

Exodus 10:28

and Pharaoh saith to him, 'Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;'

Judges 12:1-6

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, 'Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

1 Samuel 20:10

And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what if thy father doth answer thee sharply?'

1 Samuel 20:30-31

And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

1 Samuel 25:10-11

And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, 'Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 20:6-11

for if, at this time to-morrow, I send my servants unto thee then they have searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it hath been, every desirable thing of thine eyes they place in their hand, and have taken away.'

Proverbs 10:11

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

Proverbs 13:20

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

James 3:17

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --