And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,

王用严厉的话回答百姓，不用老年人给他所出的主意，

王严厉地回答百姓，不采纳长者给他出的主意。

王严厉地回答百姓，不采纳长者给他出的主意。

王没有采纳老臣的建议，而是照青年臣僚的建议，疾言厉色地对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子！我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们！”

王严厉地回答众人。他拒绝了老年人给他所出的主意，

王用嚴厲的話回答百姓，不用老年人給他所出的主意，

王嚴厲地回答百姓，不採納長者給他出的主意。

王嚴厲地回答百姓，不採納長者給他出的主意。

王沒有採納老臣的建議，而是照青年臣僚的建議，疾言厲色地對他們說：「我父親使你們負重擔，我要使你們負更重的擔子！我父親用鞭子打你們，我要用刺鞭打你們！」

王嚴厲地回答眾人。他拒絕了老年人給他所出的主意，

羅波安王很嚴厲地回答眾民：他棄絕了老年人給他出的主意，

王以厲詞答之、違棄耆老之謀、

王不用老者之言、而從少者之謀、叱斯民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍螫爾。

王以厲言答民、不用老者之謀、

The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

The king answered the people in a mean way. He didn’t accept the advice the elders had given him.

And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him,“ You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?For, as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now then, send men and bring him to me, for he is doomed to die!”

But Pharaoh said,“ Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

Then Pharaoh said to him,“ Get away from me! Be careful, do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you shall die!”

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. He said to them,“ Where have you come from?” And they said,“ From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

“ The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

A poor person utters pleadings, But a rich person answers defiantly.

Now the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah,“ Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you!”So Jephthah said to them,“ I and my people were in a major dispute with the sons of Ammon; and I did call you, but you did not save me from their hand.When I saw that you were no deliverer, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said,“ You are survivors of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.”And the Gileadites took control of the crossing places of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened whenever any of the survivors of Ephraim said,“ Let me cross over,” that the men of Gilead would say to him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“ No,”then they would say to him,“ Just say,‘ Shibboleth.’ ” But he said,“ Sibboleth,” for he was not prepared to pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the crossing places of the Jordan. So at that time forty two thousand from Ephraim fell.

Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

But Abram said to Sarai,“ Look, your slave woman is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.

But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said,“ We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and they will take in their hands everything that is pleasing to your eyes, and take it all away.’ ”Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said,“ Please be aware and see that this man is looking for trouble; for he sent me his demand for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”Then all the elders and all the people said to him,“ Do not listen nor consent.”So he said to the messengers of Ben hadad,“ Tell my lord the king,‘ Everything that you sent as a demand to your servant at the first, I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’ ” Then the messengers departed, and brought him word again.Ben hadad sent word to him and said,“ May the gods do so to me and more so, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”Then the king of Israel replied,“ Tell him,‘ He who straps on his weapons had better not boast like one who takes them off.’ ”

Then David said to Jonathan,“ Who will inform me if your father answers you harshly?”

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

One who walks with wise people will be wise, But a companion of fools will suffer harm.

But Nabal answered David’s servants and said,“ Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?”