1 Kings 12:10
The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
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1 Kings 12:9
He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"

1 Kings 12:11
Although my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Although my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.'"

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2 Samuel 17:7-13
Hushai replied, "This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound." . . .

2 Chronicles 10:10, 11
The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist! . . .

Proverbs 10:14
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

Proverbs 18:6, 7
A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a beating. . . .

Proverbs 28:25
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even upon the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

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