1 Kings 12:14
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”1 Kings 12:14
What Does 1 Kings 12:14 Mean?
1 Kings 12:14 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 12, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 12:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 5:5“And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.”Exodus 5:16“There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.”1 Kings 12:10“And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.”Proverbs 26:4“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”Proverbs 28:16“The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.”Exodus 1:14“And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.”2 Samuel 23:5“Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”1 Kings 12:11“And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”2 Chronicles 22:4“Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.”Esther 1:16“And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.”Esther 2:2“Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:”Proverbs 12:5“The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.”Proverbs 13:10“Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.”Proverbs 16:18“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”Proverbs 17:14“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”Ecclesiastes 2:19“And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.”Ecclesiastes 7:8“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”Isaiah 19:11“Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”Daniel 6:7“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
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