1 Kings 12:13
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13 Then the king answered the people [a]roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
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- 1 Kings 12:13 harshly
James 3:17
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17 But (A)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (B)without partiality (C)and without hypocrisy.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 10:32
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32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:11
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11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,
But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
1 Kings 20:6-11
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6 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, that whatever is [a]pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hands and take it.’ ”
7 So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.”
8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”
9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’ ”
And the messengers departed and brought back word to him.
10 Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, (A)“The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people [b]who follow me.”
11 So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor (B)boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”
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- 1 Kings 20:6 pleasing
- 1 Kings 20:10 Lit. at my feet
2 Samuel 19:43
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43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have (A)ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us—were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?”
Yet (B)the words of the men of Judah were [a]fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 19:43 harsher
1 Samuel 25:10-11
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10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (A)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. 11 (B)Shall I then take my bread and my water and my [a]meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
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- 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit. slaughter
1 Samuel 20:30-31
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30 Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he [a]shall surely die.”
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- 1 Samuel 20:31 Lit. is a son of death
1 Samuel 20:10
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10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”
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Judges 12:1-6
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Jephthah’s Conflict with Ephraim
12 Then (A)the men of Ephraim [a]gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!”
2 And Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were in a great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands. 3 So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I (B)took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?” 4 Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You Gileadites (C)are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.” 5 The Gileadites seized the (D)fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,” 6 then they would say to him, “Then say, (E)‘Shibboleth’!”[b] And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [c]pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.
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- Judges 12:1 were summoned
- Judges 12:6 Lit. a flowing stream; used as a test of dialect
- Judges 12:6 Lit. speak so
Exodus 10:28
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28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (A)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
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Exodus 5:2
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2 And Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (B)nor will I let Israel go.”
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Genesis 42:30
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30 “The man who is lord of the land (A)spoke [a]roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
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- Genesis 42:30 harshly
Genesis 42:7
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7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as (A)a stranger to them and spoke [a]roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?”
And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
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- Genesis 42:7 harshly
Genesis 16:6
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6 (A)So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, (B)she fled from her presence.
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Proverbs 15:1
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A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath
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