Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

王用严厉的话回答百姓，不用老年人给他所出的主意，

王严厉地回答百姓，不采纳长者给他出的主意。

王严厉地回答百姓，不采纳长者给他出的主意。

王没有采纳老臣的建议，而是照青年臣僚的建议，疾言厉色地对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子！我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们！”

王严厉地回答众人。他拒绝了老年人给他所出的主意，

王用嚴厲的話回答百姓，不用老年人給他所出的主意，

王嚴厲地回答百姓，不採納長者給他出的主意。

王嚴厲地回答百姓，不採納長者給他出的主意。

王沒有採納老臣的建議，而是照青年臣僚的建議，疾言厲色地對他們說：「我父親使你們負重擔，我要使你們負更重的擔子！我父親用鞭子打你們，我要用刺鞭打你們！」

王嚴厲地回答眾人。他拒絕了老年人給他所出的主意，

羅波安王很嚴厲地回答眾民：他棄絕了老年人給他出的主意，

王以厲詞答之、違棄耆老之謀、

王不用老者之言、而從少者之謀、叱斯民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍螫爾。

王以厲言答民、不用老者之謀、

The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

The king answered the people in a mean way. He didn’t accept the advice the elders had given him.

And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him,“ You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”

And Pharaoh said,“ Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”

Then Pharaoh said to him,“ Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them,“ Where do you come from?” And they said,“ From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

“ The man who is Lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

The poor man uses entreaties, But the rich answers roughly.

Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah,“ Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!”And Jephthah said to them,“ My people and I were in a great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said,“ You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“ No,”then they would say to him,“ Then say,‘ shibboleth’!” And he would say,“ Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

So Abram said to Sarai,“ Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said,“ We have ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us— were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hands and take it.’”So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said,“ Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.”And all the elders and all the people said to him,“ Do not listen or consent.”Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad,“ Tell my Lord the king,‘ All that you sent for to your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought back word to him.Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said,“ The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.”So the king of Israel answered and said,“ Tell him,‘ Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’”

Then David said to Jonathan,“ Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said,“ Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”