1 Kings 12:13

Rehoboam answers the people harshly, rejecting the elders' wise advice. His pride seals the breach.

Cross-references · 18

• Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Prov 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Eccl 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
• Prov 18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
• Prov 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
• 1 Sam 25:10–11Nabal 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 Sam 20:10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”
• Gen 42:7Joseph 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.”
• 1 Kgs 20:6–11but 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.”’”
• Exod 10:28Pharaoh 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!”
• Gen 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
• Gen 16:6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
• 2 Sam 19:43The 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.
• Exod 5:2Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
• 1 Sam 20:30–31Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
• Judg 12:1–6The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
• Prov 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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