1 Kings 12:14

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Summary

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

The counsel

My father made

James 4:1

General references

Proverbs 26:4

Bible References

The counsel

He did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Then the king’s attendants, who served him, said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The princes of

Zoan are mere fools;

The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions’ den.

My father made

The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

Through insolence comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

General references

Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

Or you will also be like him.