Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
The advice
Bible References
The advice
2 Chronicles 22:4
He did evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab's dynasty because, after his father's death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.
Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Daniel 6:7
To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.
My father
2 Chronicles 10:10
The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, "Say this to these people who have said to you, 'Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden' -- say this to them: 'I am a lot harsher than my father!
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!
Ecclesiastes 2:19
Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
James 4:1
Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?