2 Chronicles 10:14

Instead, Rehoboam spoke to them along the lines of what the younger men suggested. He told them, "My father burdened you heavily, but I will add to that burden. If my father disciplined you with whips, I will, too with scorpions!"

2 Chronicles 10:10-11

"This is what you should tell the people who asked you: "Your father made our burden heavy, but you must make it lighter for us!'" the young men who had grown up with Rehoboam replied. "Tell them "My little finger will be thicker than my father's whole body!

2 Chronicles 22:4-5

So he practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just like Ahab's dynasty had done, because after his father died, he was given advice that resulted in his destruction.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 17:14

Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he will take possession of everything that I have done on earth, especially where I have excelled. This also is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The conclusion of something is better than its beginning, and a patient attitude is more valuable than a proud one.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to the land whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.

Daniel 6:7

All of the royal administrators, prefects, regional authorities, scribes, and governors have concluded that the king should establish and enforce an edict that anyone who prays to any god or man for the next 30 days (except to you, your majesty) is to be thrown into the lions' pit.

James 3:14-2

But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

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Summary

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Bible References

The advice

2 Chronicles 22:4
So he practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just like Ahab's dynasty had done, because after his father died, he was given advice that resulted in his destruction.
Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Daniel 6:7
All of the royal administrators, prefects, regional authorities, scribes, and governors have concluded that the king should establish and enforce an edict that anyone who prays to any god or man for the next 30 days (except to you, your majesty) is to be thrown into the lions' pit.

My father

2 Chronicles 10:10
"This is what you should tell the people who asked you: "Your father made our burden heavy, but you must make it lighter for us!'" the young men who had grown up with Rehoboam replied. "Tell them "My little finger will be thicker than my father's whole body!
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he will take possession of everything that I have done on earth, especially where I have excelled. This also is pointless.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The conclusion of something is better than its beginning, and a patient attitude is more valuable than a proud one.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to the land whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.
James 4:1
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

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