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

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 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 that comes from heaven is pure. That’s the most important thing about it. And that’s not all. It also loves peace. It thinks about others. It obeys. It is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair. It doesn’t pretend to be what it is not.

Saul became very angry with Jonathan. He said to him,“ You are an evil son. You have refused to obey me. I know that you are on the side of Jesse’s son. You should be ashamed of that. And your mother should be ashamed of having a son like you.You will never be king as long as Jesse’s son lives on this earth. And you will never have a kingdom either. So send someone to bring the son of Jesse to me. He must die!”

Pharaoh said,“ Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him? Why should I let Israel go? I don’t even know the Lord. And I won’t let Israel go.”

Pharaoh said to Moses,“ Get out of my sight! Make sure you don’t come to see me again! If you do, you will die.”

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended to be a stranger. He spoke to them in a mean way.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan,” they replied.“ We’ve come to buy food.”

“ The man who is the governor of the land spoke to us in a mean way. He treated us as if we were spying on the land.

Poor people beg for mercy. But rich people answer in a mean way.

The troops of Ephraim were called out. The troops went across the Jordan River to Zaphon. When they arrived, they said to Jephthah,“ You went to fight against the Ammonites. Why didn’t you ask us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”Jephthah answered,“ I and my people were taking part in a great struggle. We were at war with the Ammonites. I asked you for help. But you didn’t come to save me from their power.I saw that you wouldn’t help. So I put my own life in danger. I went across the Jordan to fight against the Ammonites. The Lord helped me win the battle over them. So why have you come up today to fight against me?”Then Jephthah called the men of Gilead together. They fought against Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck them down. The people of Ephraim had said,“ You people of Gilead are nothing but deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh.”The men of Gilead captured the places where people go across the Jordan River to get to Ephraim. Some men of Ephraim weren’t killed in the battle. When they arrived at the river, they would say,“ Let us go across.” Then the men of Gilead would ask each one,“ Are you from Ephraim?” Suppose he replied,“ No.”Then they would say,“ All right. Say‘ Shibboleth.’ ” If he said“ Sibboleth,” the way he said the word would give him away. He couldn’t say it correctly. So they would grab him. Then they would kill him at one of the places where people go across the Jordan. At that time, 42,000 men of Ephraim were killed.

Wise people say gracious things. But foolish people are destroyed by what their own lips speak.

“ Your slave belongs to you,” Abram said.“ Do with her what you think is best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar badly. So Hagar ran away from her.

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah. They said,“ We have ten of the 12 tribes in the kingdom. So we have a stronger claim on David than you have. Why then are you acting as if you hate us? Weren’t we the first ones to talk about bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah argued their side even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

Those who do right know the proper thing to say. But those who do wrong speak only twisted words.

A gentle answer turns anger away. But mean words stir up anger.

But now I’m going to send my officials to you. They will come about this time tomorrow. They’ll search your palace. They’ll search the houses of your officials. They’ll take everything you value. And they’ll carry it all away.’ ”The king of Israel sent for all the elders of the land. He said to them,“ This man is really looking for trouble! He sent for my wives and children. He sent for my silver and gold. And I agreed to give them to him.”All the elders and people answered,“ Don’t listen to him. Don’t agree to give him what he wants.”So Ahab replied to Ben- Hadad’s messengers. He said,“ Tell my king and master,‘ I will do everything you commanded me to do the first time. But this time, I can’t do what you want me to do.’ ” They took Ahab’s answer back to Ben- Hadad.Then Ben- Hadad sent another message to Ahab. Ben- Hadad said,“ There won’t be enough dust left in Samaria to give each of my followers even a handful. If there is, may the gods punish me greatly.”The king of Israel replied. He said,“ Tell him,‘ Someone who puts his armor on shouldn’t brag like someone who takes it off.’ ”

David asked,“ Who will tell me if your father answers you in a mean way?”

The mouths of those who do right pour out life like a fountain. But the mouths of sinners hide their evil plans.

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are running away from their masters these days.Why should I give away my bread and water? Why should I give away the meat I’ve prepared for those who clip the wool off my sheep? Why should I give food to men who come from who knows where?”