1Ki 12:10, 14, Neh 5:15, Ecc 4:1, Isa 3:12, Amo 4:1 | ESV | STEP | And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, Your father made our yoke heavy , but you lighten it for us, thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs .

a[See ver. 4 above]

1 Kings 12:10

10 And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.

1 Kings 12:14

14 he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, ^a“My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Nehemiah 5:15

15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ^{▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward} forty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^dbecause of the fear of God.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^eAgain I ^fsaw all ^gthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^hno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Isaiah 3:12

12 My people— ⁱinfants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, ^jyour guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up ^{▼▼Or they have confused} the course of your paths.

Amos 4:1

1 “Hear this word, ^lyou cows of Bashan,
who are ^mon the mountain of Samaria,
ⁿwho oppress the poor, ^owho crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’