1 Kings 12:8
But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.
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- 2 Chr 10:8 : 8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.
- 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 The LORD was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said,“Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 16 While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
- Prov 1:2-5 : 2 To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel. 3 To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity. 4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person. 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
- Prov 1:25 : 25 and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,
- Prov 1:30 : 30 they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
- Prov 19:20 : 20 Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
- Prov 25:12 : 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
- Eccl 10:2-3 : 2 Wisdom Can Be Nullified By the Caprice of Rulers A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable. 3 Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
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- 2 Chr 10:6-105 verses97%
6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7They said to him,“If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”
8But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.
9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
10The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’– say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!
- 1 Kgs 12:9-102 verses83%
9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
10The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ Say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!
- 1 Kgs 12:13-142 verses81%
13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”
- 2 Chr 10:13-142 verses77%
13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”
- 1 Kgs 12:6-72 verses76%
6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7They said to him,“Today if you will be a servant to these people and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”
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8All the leaders and people said to him,“Do not give in or agree to his demands.”
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4He did evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.
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20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- 1 Sam 8:4-52 verses69%
4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.
5They said to him,“Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.”
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8the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;
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2Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.
- 1 Sam 8:11-122 verses69%
11He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
12He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.
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14The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the LORD’s advice.
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12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.
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20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel,“Give us your advice. What should we do?”
- 2 Chr 13:7-82 verses68%
7Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.
8Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
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11The Lord Encourages Isaiah Indeed this is what the LORD told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:
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19Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God;
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13Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.
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7The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
8Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.
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6Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.
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1Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.
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22He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.
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2Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.
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12I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
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13Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”
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28After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,“It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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16While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
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12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
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9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
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17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
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8Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us– your servants and your son David– with whatever you can spare.”
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14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the LORD had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom.
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2the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,
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7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.