2 Chronicles 10:8-11 ▼

8 But he ignored the advice the older leaders gave him. He sought advice from the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

9 He asked them, |What is your advice? How should we respond to these people who are asking me to lighten the burden my father put on them?|

10 The young men who had grown up with him answered, |This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is heavier than my father's whole body.

11 If my father put a heavy burden on you, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will punish you with scorpions.'|