Bible Verses Like 1 Kings 12:4

“Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.”

 

Bible verses related to 1 Kings 12:4 (similar cross-references)


1 Samuel 8:11-18 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 8:11)

1 Kings 4:7 - And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.   (Verses like 1 Kings 4:7)

1 Kings 9:15 - And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.   (Verses like 1 Kings 9:15)

1 Kings 4:20-25 - Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.   (Verses like 1 Kings 4:20)

1 Kings 9:22-23 - But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.   (Verses like 1 Kings 9:22)

2 Chronicles 10:4-5 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.   (Verses like 2 Chronicles 10:4)

Matthew 11:29-30 - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.   (Verses like Matthew 11:29)

Matthew 23:4 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.   (Verses like Matthew 23:4)

1 John 5:3 - For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.   (Verses like 1 John 5:3)