1Ki 12:14 Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

14: and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, "My father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!"

Exodus 5:16

  1. "We are given no straw, but we are still told to make as many bricks as before. We are beaten for something that isn't our fault! It is the fault of your slave drivers for making such unreasonable demands."
  2. But Pharaoh replied, "You're just lazy! You obviously don't have enough to do. If you did, you wouldn't be saying, `Let us go, so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD.'
  3. Now, get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still deliver the regular quota of bricks."

Exodus 5:5

  1. Look, there are many people here in Egypt, and you are stopping them from doing their work."
  2. That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the slave drivers and foremen he had set over the people of Israel:
  3. "Do not supply the people with any more straw for making bricks. Let them get it themselves!
  4. But don't reduce their production quotas by a single brick. They obviously don't have enough to do. If they did, they wouldn't be talking about going into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to their God.
  5. Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to these liars!"

1 Kings 12:10

  1. The young men replied, "This is what you should tell those complainers: `My little finger is thicker than my father's waist--if you think he was hard on you, just wait and see what I'll be like!
  2. Yes, my father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!'"

Ecclesiastes 7:8

  1. Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.

Proverbs 16:18

  1. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

2 Chronicles 22:4

  1. He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as Ahab had done. After the death of his father, members of Ahab's family became his advisers, and they led him to ruin.
  2. Following their evil advice, Ahaziah made an alliance with King Joram, the son of King Ahab of Israel. They went out to fight King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram in the battle.

Exodus 1:14

  1. They were ruthless with the Israelites, forcing them to make bricks and mortar and to work long hours in the fields.

Daniel 6:7

  1. We administrators, prefects, princes, advisers, and other officials have unanimously agreed that Your Majesty should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to anyone, divine or human--except to Your Majesty--will be thrown to the lions.

Isaiah 19:11

  1. What fools are the counselors of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast of their wisdom? Will they dare tell Pharaoh about their long line of wise ancestors?
  2. What has happened to your wise counselors, Pharaoh? If they are so wise, let them tell you what the LORD Almighty is going to do to Egypt.
  3. The wise men from Zoan are fools, and those from Memphis are deluded. The leaders of Egypt have ruined the land with their foolish counsel.

James 3:14

  1. But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie.
  2. For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil.
  3. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.
  4. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.
  5. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.

Esther 1:16

  1. Memucan answered the king and his princes, "Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every official and citizen throughout your empire.
  2. Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king.
  3. Before this day is out, the wife of every one of us, your officials throughout the empire, will hear what the queen did and will start talking to their husbands the same way. There will be no end to the contempt and anger throughout your realm.
  4. So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from your presence and that you choose another queen more worthy than she.
  5. When this decree is published throughout your vast empire, husbands everywhere, whatever their rank, will receive proper respect from their wives!"

Proverbs 12:5

  1. The plans of the godly are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 13:10

  1. Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise.

Proverbs 17:14

  1. Beginning a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

Esther 2:2

  1. So his attendants suggested, "Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king.
  2. Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at Susa. Hegai, the eunuch in charge, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.
  3. After that, the young woman who pleases you most will be made queen instead of Vashti." This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect immediately.
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