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

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

And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they 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 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 peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“ You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”

But Pharaoh said,“ Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”

Pharaoh said to him,“ Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“ Where do you come from?” They answered,“ From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

“ The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“ Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!”Jephthah said to them,“ My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying,“ You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“ No,”then they said to him,“ Say‘ Shibboleth!’” If he said,“ Sibboleth”( and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

Abram said to Sarai,“ Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah,“ We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.”The king of Israel summoned all the leaders of the land and said,“ Notice how this man is looking for trouble. Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”All the leaders and people said to him,“ Do not give in or agree to his demands.”So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad,“ Say this to my master, the king,‘ I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” So the messengers went back and gave their report.Ben Hadad sent another message to him,“ May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”The king of Israel replied,“ Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”

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

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

But Nabal responded to David’s servants,“ Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”