2 Chronicles 10:14
And spake to them after ye counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, but I wil incease it: my father chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.
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In Context
13And the King answered them sharply: and King Rehoboam left the counsel of the ancient men,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 10:10And the yong men that were brought vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answere the people that spake to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heauie, but make thou it lighter for vs: thus shalt thou say vnto them, My least part shalbe bigger then my fathers loines.
Proverbs 12:5The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.
Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.
James 3:14But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:13-19
Rehoboam's Folly. ( b. c. 975.) 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14 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. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of… Read the whole commentary →