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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Kings 12:14 Catholic Bible: as the younger men had advised. He said, "My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_kings/12-14.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_kings/12-14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/12-14.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/1.htm">1 Kings</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/12.htm">Chapter 12</a> > Verse 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/12-13.htm" title="1 Kings 12:13">◄</a> 1 Kings 12:14 <a href="../1_kings/12-15.htm" title="1 Kings 12:15">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_kings/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_kings/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />as the younger men had advised. He said, "My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_kings/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He spoke bluntly and told them exactly what his own advisors had suggested: "My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He spoke to them as the young men had advised: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he 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 beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And he 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 beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.</p><p class="hdg">the counsel</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/22-4.htm">2 Chronicles 22:4,5</a> So he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Achab did: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/1-16.htm">Esther 1:16-21</a> And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/2-2.htm">Esther 2:2-4</a> And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/12-5.htm">Proverbs 12:5</a> The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11-13</a> The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../daniel/6-7.htm">Daniel 6:7</a> All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of the lions.</p><p class="hdg">My father made</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/12-10.htm">1 Kings 12:10,11</a> And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/13-10.htm">Proverbs 13:10</a> Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a> Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/17-14.htm">Proverbs 17:14</a> The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ecclesiastes/7-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:8</a> Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../james/3-14.htm">James 3:14-18</a> But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contention in your hearts: glory not and be not liars against the truth. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../james/4-1.htm">James 4:1,2</a> From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members? . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/12.htm">Rebellion Against Rehoboam</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl">And he 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 beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.</span><span class="reftext">15</span>And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias, the Silonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13</a></span><br />And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a></span><br />And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/5-5.htm">Exodus 5:5</a></span><br />And Pharao said: The people of the land are numerous; you see that the multitude is increased; how much more if you give them rest from their works?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/5-16.htm">Exodus 5:16</a></span><br />Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/12-13.htm">1 Kings 12:13</a></span><br />And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/29-12.htm">Proverbs 29:12</a></span><br />A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Add</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm">Advice</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Chastise</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Chastised</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Disciplined</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-6.htm">Followed</a> <a 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