Cross references

1 Kings 12:11

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:11 BSB

1 Kings 12:11 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 1:13–14 (2 votes) and Exodus 5:5–9 (2 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 1 to Revelation 9.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 12:11 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

  2. Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.” That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen: …

  3. Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

  4. When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

  5. and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

  6. Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

  7. Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

  8. But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

  9. “Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’ For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

  10. But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

Which verses point to 1 Kings 12:11?

The 10 strongest of 11.