2 Chronicles 10:13
The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,
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2 Chronicles 10:13
The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,
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Genesis 42:7
Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
Genesis 42:30
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Exodus 10:28
Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”
1 Samuel 25:10
Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
1 Kings 20:6
but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.” ’ ”
1 Kings 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”
1 Kings 20:8
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”
1 Kings 20:9
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’ ” The messengers departed and brought him back the message.
1 Kings 20:10
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
1 Kings 20:11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’ ”
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
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Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
Judges 12:5
The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”
Judges 12:6
then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’ ” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
2 Samuel 19:43
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 20:1
There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
2 Chronicles 13:17
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
Isaiah 30:27
Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation. His tongue is as a devouring fire.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
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2 Samuel 20:24
Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
1 Kings 4:6
Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
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1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
1 Kings 12:5
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
1 Kings 12:12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
1 Kings 12:14
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
1 Kings 12:15
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings 12:16
When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
1 Kings 12:17
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 Kings 12:19
So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
2 Chronicles 10:17
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Chronicles 10:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 10:19
So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
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1 Kings 14:25
In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
1 Kings 14:26
and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
1 Kings 14:27
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
1 Kings 14:28
It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
2 Chronicles 12:9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:10
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
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2 Chronicles 6:26
“When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
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1 Kings 11:43
Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 10:1
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Chronicles 10:2
When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 10:3
They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
2 Chronicles 10:4
“Your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
2 Chronicles 10:5
He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed.
2 Chronicles 10:6
King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me about how to answer these people?”
2 Chronicles 10:7
They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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2 Chronicles 11:23
He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
Luke 16:8
“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
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2 Chronicles 22:7
Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.
2 Chronicles 22:8
When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them.
2 Chronicles 22:9
He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
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Proverbs 19:27
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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