1 Kings 12:11

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1 Kings 12:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

13 And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

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Exodus 1:13

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

Exodus 5:5

Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Exodus 5:7

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Exodus 5:8

But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Exodus 5:9

Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

Exodus 5:18

Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

1 Samuel 8:18

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

2 Chronicles 16:10

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Isaiah 58:6

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Jeremiah 27:11

But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 28:13

“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’

Jeremiah 28:14

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Ezekiel 2:6

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Revelation 9:4

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Revelation 9:5

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

Revelation 9:6

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

Revelation 9:7

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

Revelation 9:8

They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

Revelation 9:9

They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.