1 Kings 12:13

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But the king answered the people harshly, rejecting the advice given to him by the elders.

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  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere.
  • Gen 16:6 : 6 Abram said to Sarai, "Your maidservant is in your hands; do with her whatever you think is best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar, and she fled from her presence.
  • Gen 42:7 : 7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'
  • Gen 42:30 : 30 They said, 'The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.'
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go."
  • Exod 10:28 : 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, "Leave me! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face, you will die."
  • Judg 12:1-6 : 1 The men of Ephraim were called together, crossed northward, and said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight against the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on top of you in fire!" 2 Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands. 3 "When I saw that you would not help, I risked my own life and crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why have you come to fight against me today?" 4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they had said, "You Gileadites are deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh." 5 The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to cross over, they would say, "Let me cross over." The men of Gilead would respond, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," 6 they would say, "Say 'Shibboleth.'" And if he said 'Sibboleth,' because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand from Ephraim were killed.
  • 1 Sam 20:10 : 10 David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
  • 1 Sam 20:30-31 : 30 Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, 'You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?' 31 As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!'
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 But Nabal answered David’s servants, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Nowadays many servants are breaking away from their masters. 11 Should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men from who knows where?"
  • 2 Sam 19:43 : 43 The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"
  • 1 Kgs 20:6-9 : 6 'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.' 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, 'See how this man is seeking trouble! He sent for my wives, my sons, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.' 8 The elders and all the people said to him, 'Do not listen to or agree to his demands.' 9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad. 10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message: 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for even a handful for each of the people who follow me.' 11 The king of Israel replied, 'Tell him: One who arms himself for battle should not boast as if he is already victorious.'
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  • Prov 10:32 : 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  • Prov 18:23 : 23 The poor speak with supplications, but the rich answer harshly.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

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  • 2 Chr 10:3-17
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    3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he came with all Israel. Together, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

    4"Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke your father placed on us, and we will serve you."

    5Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away.

    6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime, asking, "How would you advise me to answer these people?"

    7They replied, "If you are kind to these people, please them, and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."

    8But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

    9He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"

    10The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now make it lighter': 'My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.'

    11My father laid a heavy yoke on you; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

    12On the third day, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."

    13The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

    14he followed the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

    15So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel realized that the king had not listened to them, they responded to the king, saying, "What share do we have in David? What inheritance is there for us in the son of Jesse? Every man to your tents, Israel! Now take care of your own house, David!" So all the Israelites returned to their homes.

    17But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam continued to reign over them.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3-12
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    3They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.

    4They said to him, "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he placed on us, and we will serve you."

    5Rehoboam replied, "Come back to me in three days," so the people departed.

    6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive. He asked, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

    7They replied, "If you will serve these people today and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will always be your servants."

    8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders who had counseled him and instead consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

    9He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we reply to these people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father has put on us'?"

    10The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Here is what you should tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now lighten it for us': Tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

    11Now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

    12Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had instructed them, saying, "Come back to me on the third day."

  • 1 Kgs 12:14-18
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    14He said to them, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

    15So the king refused to listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word spoken by the LORD through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.

    17But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

    18King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into his chariot and flee to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 12:1
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    1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
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    27If these people go up to worship at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.

    28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 12:5
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    5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3“Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
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    8The elders and all the people said to him, 'Do not listen to or agree to his demands.'

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
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    7Then worthless and reckless men gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not stand against them.

    8And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Hos 13:11
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    11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
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    11So the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since this is your attitude and you have not kept My covenant and decrees, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.'

  • Prov 1:30
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    30They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction.

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
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    23"Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,

  • 1 Sam 8:7
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    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

  • Prov 1:25
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    25And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction,

  • 2 Sam 19:43
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    43The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"

  • 2 Chr 25:16
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    16While the prophet was still speaking, Amaziah said to him, 'Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?' The prophet stopped but said, 'I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.'

  • 2 Chr 12:12
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    12When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned away from him, and He did not completely destroy him. Furthermore, there were still good things in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • Neh 9:16
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    16But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
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    1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to crown him king.