1Ki 12:10-11, Pro 13:10, 16:18, 17:14, Ecc 7:8, Jam 3:14-4:2 | 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]

n Prov. 11:18; Isa. 32:17; Hos. 10:12; Amos 6:12; Phil. 1:11

1 Kings 12:10-11

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. 11 And now, whereas ^amy father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

Proverbs 13:10

10 ^bBy insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

18 ^cPride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so ^dquit before the quarrel breaks out.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and ^ethe patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

James 3:14-18

14 But if you have bitter ^fjealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not ^gthe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^hdemonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But ⁱthe wisdom from above is first pure, then ^jpeaceable, gentle, open to reason, ^kfull of mercy and good fruits, ^limpartial and ^msincere. 18 And ⁿa harvest of righteousness ^ois sown in peace by those who make peace.

James 4:1-2

Warning Against Worldliness

1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions ^{▼▼Greek pleasures; also verse 3} are ^qat war within you? ^{▼▼Greek in your members} 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.