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 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 first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. (niv)

Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him,“ You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!” (niv)

Pharaoh said,“ Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” (niv)

Pharaoh said to Moses,“ Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.” (niv)

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan,” they replied,“ to buy food.” (niv)

“ The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. (niv)

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. (niv)

The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“ Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”Jephthah answered,“ I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said,“ You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.”The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied,“ No,”they said,“ All right, say‘ Shibboleth.’” If he said,“ Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time. (niv)

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. (niv)

“ Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said.“ Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her. (niv)

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah,“ We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel. (niv)

The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. (niv)

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (niv)

But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’”The king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said to them,“ See how this man is looking for trouble! When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him.”The elders and the people all answered,“ Don’t listen to him or agree to his demands.”So he replied to Ben-Hadad’s messengers,“ Tell my lord the king,‘ Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.’” They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab:“ May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”The king of Israel answered,“ Tell him:‘ One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’” (niv)

David asked,“ Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?” (niv)

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. (niv)

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. (niv)

Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?” (niv)