1 Kings 12:14
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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Exodus 5:5And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.
1 Kings 12:10And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt thou say to them, My + 12:10 Gr. littleness.little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
Proverbs 5:13+ 5:13 Alex. omits 'not.'I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.
Proverbs 13:10A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
Proverbs 17:14Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:2-16
The Folly of Rehoboam. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →