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1 Kings 12:11 (KJV)

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Exodus 1:13 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
Exodus 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus 5:18 - Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
1 Samuel 8:18 - And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Kings 12:14 - And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father [also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 16:10 - Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Isaiah 58:6 - [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 27:11 - But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jeremiah 28:13 - Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Ezekiel 2:6 - And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [be] with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.
Revelation 9:3 - And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

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