2Ch 10:10-11, Pro 17:14, Ecc 2:19, 7:8, 10:16, 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 the 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 .

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

2 Chronicles 10:10-11

10 And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the 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 my 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 17:14

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

Ecclesiastes 2:19

19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

Ecclesiastes 10:16

16 ^cWoe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
and your princes feast in the morning!

James 3:14-18

14 But if you have bitter ^djealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not ^ethe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^fdemonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But ^gthe wisdom from above is first pure, then ^hpeaceable, gentle, open to reason, ⁱfull of mercy and good fruits, ^jimpartial and ^ksincere. 18 And ^la harvest of righteousness ^mis 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 ^oat 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.