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.”
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your fath
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the
Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am o
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an o
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all t
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.