1 Kings 12:8

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But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

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  • 2 Chr 10:8 : 8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.
  • 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands? 16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
  • Prov 1:2-5 : 2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason: 3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour: 4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: 5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
  • Eccl 10:2-3 : 2 The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong. 3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

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  • 2 Chr 10:6-10
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    6Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

    7And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

    8But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

    9And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

    10And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

  • 1 Kgs 12:9-10
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    9And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

    10And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

  • 1 Kgs 12:13-14
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    13And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

    14But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

  • 2 Chr 10:13-14
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    13And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

    14But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

  • 1 Kgs 12:6-7
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    6Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

    7And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
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    8And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

  • 2 Chr 22:4
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    4And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

  • Job 12:20
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    20He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

  • 1 Sam 8:4-5
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    4Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

    5And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

  • Job 29:8
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    8The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
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    11And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

    12And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

  • Josh 9:14
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    14And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
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    12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
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    20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
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    7And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

    8And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • Exod 18:19
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    19Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • 1 Sam 8:7-8
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    7And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

    8As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
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    6So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

  • Job 30:1
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    1But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

  • 2 Kgs 21:22
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    22Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

  • 1 Sam 12:2
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    2And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

  • Ps 81:12
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    12So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

  • Deut 1:13
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    13Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
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    28So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
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    16But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

  • Job 12:12
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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

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    17He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

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    8If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

  • 2 Sam 17:14
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    14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

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    7I saw among the young men one without sense,