2 Chronicles 10:8
But he left the counsaile which the elders gaue him, and toke counsaile with the young men that were growen vp with him, and that stoode in his presence.
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- 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom.
- 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 Wherfore the Lorde was wroth with Amaziahu, & sent vnto him a prophete, which saide vnto him: Why hast thou sought the gods of the people which were not able to delyuer their owne people out of thyne hande? 16 And it chaunced, that as ye prophete talked with him, the king saide vnto him: Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel: Ceasse, why wylt thou be beaten? And the prophete ceassed, and said: I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my counsell.
- Prov 1:25 : 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught:
- Prov 9:9 : 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.
- Prov 13:20 : 20 He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted.
- Prov 19:20 : 20 O geue eare vnto good counsayle, and be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes.
- Prov 25:12 : 12 Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.
- Eccl 10:2-3 : 2 A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left. 3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
- Eccl 10:16 : 16 Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.
- Isa 30:1 : 1 Alas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde, that they will take counsell and not of me, that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite, and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne.
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- 1 Kgs 12:6-105 verses97%
6 And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people?
7 And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer.
8 But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him, and called vnto his counsel young men, that were growe vp with him and wayted on him,
9 And he sayde vnto them: What counsell geue ye, that we may aunswere this people? for they haue communed with me, saying: Make the yocke whiche thy father did put vpon vs, lighter.
10 And ye young men that were growen vp with him, spake vnto him, saying: Thus shalt thou speake vnto this people that haue sayd vnto thee, thy father made our yocke heauy, but make thou it vs lighter: Euen thus shalt thou say vnto them, My litle finger shalbe wayghtier then my father was in the loynes.
- 2 Chr 10:9-102 verses80%
9 And he saide vnto them: What aduise geue ye, that we may aunswere this people, which haue communed with me, saying, Abate somewhat of the yoke which thy father did put vpon vs?
10 And the young men that were growen vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou aunswere the people that speake to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heauy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for vs: Thus shalt thou say vnto the, My litle finger, shalbe heauier then my fathers loynes.
- 1 Kgs 12:13-142 verses79%
13 And the king aunswered the people churlishly, and left the old mens counsel that they gaue him:
14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yocke greeuous, and I will make it greeuouser: My father also chastised you with roddes, but I will chastise you with scourges.
- 2 Chr 10:13-153 verses78%
13 And the king aunswered them cruelly: and king Rehoboam left the counsaile of the aged men,
14 And aunswered them after the aduise of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke greeuous, and I wyll adde thereto: my father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges.
15 And so the king hearkened not vnto the people: but the occasion came of God, that the Lorde might make good his saying which he spake by the hand of Ahia the Silonite to Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat.
- 2 Chr 10:6-72 verses77%
6 And king Rehoboam counsailed with the elders that had stande before Solomon his father while he yet lyued, and he saide: what counsaile geue ye me, to aunswere this people againe?
7 And they tolde him, saying: If thou be kinde to this people, and shewe thy selfe lowlie to them, and speake louyng wordes to them, they wyll be thy seruauntes for euer.
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8 And all the elders and all the people said: Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.
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4 Wherfore he dyd that which was euyll in the sight of the Lord, as dyd they that were of the house of Ahab: for they were his counselers after the death of his father, to his destruction.
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2 Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.
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8 The young men saw me and hid them selues, and the aged arose, and stoode vp.
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20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.
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13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
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14 And the men toke of theyr vitayles, & counseled not with the mouth of the Lorde.
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5 And sayd vnto him: Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: Now therfore make vs a king to iudge vs, as all other nations haue
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11 And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet.
- 2 Chr 13:7-82 verses68%
7 And there gathered to him lewde men, the children of Belial, and preuailed against Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not stand before them.
8 And now ye say, that ye be able to preuaile against the kingdome of the Lord, which is in the hande of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be a great multitude, and haue the golden calues which Ieroboam made you for gods.
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20 Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel: Geue counsel what we shall do.
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19 Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God:
- Isa 8:10-112 verses67%
10 Take your counsell together, yet shall your counsell come to naught: determine the matter, yet shall it not prosper: for God is with vs.
11 For the Lorde spake thus to me in a mightie prophesie, and warned me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying:
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13 Bryng you men of wysdome, and of vnderstanding, and expert, accordyng to your tribes, and I wyll make them rulers ouer you.
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1 But nowe they that are younger then I haue me in derision: yea euen they whose fathers I would haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell.
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6 Deale with him therefore according to thy wisdome, and bring not his hoore head downe to the graue in peace.
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22 And he forsoke the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lorde.
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12 And so Dauids seruauntes turned their way, and went againe, and came and tolde him all those sayinges.
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9 Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges.
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7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,
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16 And it chaunced, that as ye prophete talked with him, the king saide vnto him: Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel: Ceasse, why wylt thou be beaten? And the prophete ceassed, and said: I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my counsell.
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10 With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father.
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3 Loke which of your maisters sonnes is best and most meete, and set him on his fathers seate, and fight for your lordes house.
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17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.
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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom.
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28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them.
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50 A nation of a shamelesse and cruell countenaunce, whiche shall not regarde the person of the olde, nor haue compassion on the young:
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15 For they refused his statutes, and his appoyntment that he made with their fathers, and the witnesses wherwith he witnessed vnto them, and they folowed vanitie, and became vayne, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lorde had charged them that they shoulde not do lyke them.
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12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations.
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9 Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:
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8 Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid.