Verse 14

Where no good councel is there the people decaye: but where as are many that can geue councell, there is wealth.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men yt can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse.
  • Prov 24:6 : 6 For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.
  • 1 Kgs 12:1-9 : 1 And Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge. 2 And whan Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat herde that, while he was yet in Egipte (whither he was fled for Salomon) he came agayne out of Egipte. 3 And they sent for him, and called him. And Ieroboam with all the congregacion of Israel came and spake to Roboam, and sayde: 4 Thy father made oure yock to harde: therfore make thou now the harde bondage and the sore yock lighter, and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. 5 He sayde vnto them: Go youre waye vnto the thirde daye, and then come to me agayne. And the people wete their waye. 6 And Roboam the kynge helde a councell with the Elders that stode before Salomo his father whyle he lyued, & he sayde: What is youre councell, that we maye geue this people an answere? 7 They sayde vnto him: Yf thou do this people a pleasure to daye, and folowe their mynde, and heare them, and geue them good wordes, then shal they be obedient vnto the as longe as thou liuest. 8 Neuertheles he forsoke the councell that ye Elders had geuen him, and axed councell at the yonge men which were growne vp with him, and stode before him. 9 And he sayde vnto them: What is youre councell that we maye answere this people which haue sayde vnto me: Make the yock lighter, that thy father hath layed vpo vs. 10 And the yonge men that were growne vp with him, sayde vnto him: Where as the people haue sayde vnto the: Thy father hath made oure yock to sore, make thou it easyer for vs, Thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My litle fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes. 11 Now, my father layed a sore yock vpon you, but I wyl yet laye more theron: My father correcte you with scourges, but I wyl nourtoure you with scorpions. 12 So vpon the thyrde daye came Ieroboam with all the people vnto Roboam, as ye kynge had appoynted and saide, come to me agayne on the thyrde daye. 13 And the kynge gaue the people an harde rough answere, and forsoke the coucell that the Elders had geuen him, 14 and talked with them after the councell of the yonge men, and sayde: My father made youre yock sore, but I wyll make it yet sorer vpon you. My father correcte you with scourges, but I wil nourtoure you with scorpios. 15 Thus the kynge folowed not the peoples mynde, for he was turned so fro the LORDE, that he mighte stablish his worde which he spake by Ahias of Silo vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. 16 But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not heare them, the people gaue ye kynge an answere and sayde: What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai? Get the to thy tentes O Israel. Loke thou now to thy house thou Dauid. So Israel wente vnto their tentes. 17 As for Roboam, he raigned but ouer ye children of Israel, which dwelt in the cities of Iuda. 18 And whan kynge Roboam sent thither Adoram the rentgatherer, all Israel stoned him to death. But kynge Roboam strengthed himselfe, and gat him vp in to a charet, to fle vnto Ierusalem. 19 Thus departed Israel from the house of Dauid vnto this daye.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.
  • Isa 19:11-14 : 11 Yee the vndiscrete prynces of Zoan, the councel of the wyse Senatours of Pharao, shal turne to foolishnesse: Those that darre boast & saye of Pharaos behalfe: I am come of wyse people. 12 I am come of ye olde regall Progeny. But where are now thy wyse me? Let them tel the & shewe the, what the LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde agaynst Egypte. 13 Fooles are those prynces of Zoan, & proude are the prynces of Noph: yee they dysceaue Egypte mith the nobilite of their stocke. 14 For the LORDE hath made Egypte droncke with the sprete of erroure, and they shal vse it in all matters: eue like as a dronke ma goeth spewinge aboute.
  • Acts 15:6-9 : 6 But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason vpon this matter. 7 Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men and brethren, ye knowe that a good whyle agoo, God chose amonge vs, yt the Heythe by my mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell, and beleue. 8 And God the knower of hertes bare wytnesse ouer the, and gaue the the holy goost, like as vnto vs, 9 & put no dyfference betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes thorow fayth. 10 Now therfore why tempte ye God, with layenge vpon ye disciples neckes the yocke, which nether or fathers ner we were able to beare? 11 But we beleue to be saued thorow the grace of the LORDE Iesu Christ, like as they also. 12 Then all ye multitude helde their peace, and gaue audience vnto Paul and Barnabas, which tolde how greate tokens and wonders God had done by the amoge the Heythen. 13 Afterwarde whan they helde their peace, Iames answered, and sayde: Ye men and brethren, herke vnto me, 14 Simo hath tolde, how God at the first vysited to receaue a people vnto his name from amonge the Heythen. 15 And vnto this agree ye wordes of the prophetes, as it is wrytte: 16 After this wyl I returne and wyl buylde agayne ye tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, and that which is fallen in decaye therof, wyl I buylde agayne, and wyl set it vp, 17 that the residue of men maye seke after the LORDE: & also the Heythen vpo whom my name is named, sayeth the LORDE, which doth all these thinges. 18 Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of ye worlde. 19 Wherfore my sentence is, that they which from amonge the Heythen are turned vnto God, be not disquyeted, 20 but to wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols, from whordome, and from strangled, and bloude. 21 For Moses hath of olde tyme in euery cite them that preach him: and he is red in the synagoges euery Sabbath daye.