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Exodus 5:5-9
Pharaoh also said,“ Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from working.”That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen:“ Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are slackers— that is why they are crying out,‘ Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”
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Exodus 5:16-18
No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us,‘ Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”But he said,“ You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘ Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”
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1 Kings 12 10-1 Kings 12 11
Then the young men who had grown up with him told him,“ This is what you should say to these people who said to you,‘ Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should tell them:‘ My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!Although my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’”
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Proverbs 17:14
To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
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James 3:14-4:2
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
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2 Chronicles 22 4-2 Chronicles 22 5
So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction.He also followed their advice and went with Joram son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram,
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Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
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Daniel 6:7
All the administrators of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that for 30 days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.
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Exodus 1:14
and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
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Proverbs 13:10
Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.
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Esther 1:16-21
Memucan said in the presence of the king and his officials,“ Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the officials and the peoples who are in every one of King Ahasuerus’s provinces.For the queen’s action will become public knowledge to all the women and cause them to despise their husbands and say,‘ King Ahasuerus ordered Queen Vashti brought before him, but she did not come.’Before this day is over, the noble women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen’s act will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in more contempt and fury.“ If it meets the king’s approval, he should personally issue a royal decree. Let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media, so that it cannot be revoked: Vashti is not to enter King Ahasuerus’s presence, and her royal position is to be given to another woman who is more worthy than she.The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”The king and his counselors approved the proposal, and he followed Memucan’s advice.
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Esther 2:2-4
The king’s personal attendants suggested,“ Let a search be made for beautiful young women for the king.Let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom, so that they may assemble all the beautiful young women to the harem at the fortress of Susa. Put them under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments.Then the young woman who pleases the king will become queen instead of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.
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Isaiah 19:11-13
The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh,“ I am one of the wise, a student of eastern kings”?Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and reveal what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.The princes of Zoan have been fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.
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Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.