1 Kings 12:11

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Related verses

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• Isaiah 58:6
  Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
• Revelation 9:3–10
  And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
• Jeremiah 28:13–14
  “Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
• Exodus 5:5–9
  Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
• Exodus 5:18
  Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
• Jeremiah 27:11
  But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
• 1 Samuel 8:18
  When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
• 2 Chronicles 16:10
  Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
• Exodus 1:13–14
  They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
• Ezekiel 2:6
  But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
• 1 Kings 12:14
  …and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

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2 Chronicles 10:1–15

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Adoniram· Criminal Law and Punishment· Jeroboam· Judaism· Kings, Books of First and Second· Palace· Scorpion· Taskmaster· Warfare· Yoke

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Counsel by Rehoboam· Government: God In in Dividing the Jewish Nation Into Two Different Countries· Government: Monarchical by Solomon· Jeroboam: Recalled from Egypt by the Ten Tribes on Account of Disaffection Toward Rehoboam· Kings: Who Reigned Over all Israel: Rehoboam (First Part of his Reign)· Petition: Rehoboam· Rashness: Rehoboam, in Forsaking the Counsel of the Old Men· Rehoboam: Refuses to Reform Abuses· Revolt of the Ten Tribes· Rulers: Wicked: Rehoboam, Making the Yoke Heavy· Scorpion of Cruelty· Scourging of the Oppressions of Rulers· The Scorpion: Severe Scourges· Tribute: Kings of Israel: Often Oppressed the People With· Whip: General Scriptures Concerning· Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning