2 Chronicles 10:8

World English Bible (2000)

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
  • 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?" 16 It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, "Have we made you one of the king's counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel."
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
  • Eccl 10:2-3 : 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
  • Eccl 10:16 : 16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
  • Isa 30:1 : 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

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  • 1 Kgs 12:6-10
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    6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?"

    7 They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

    8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

    9 He said to them, "What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?'"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

  • 2 Chr 10:9-10
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    9 He said to them, "What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?'"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;' thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

  • 1 Kgs 12:13-14
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    13 The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

    14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

  • 2 Chr 10:13-15
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    78%

    13 The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

    14 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

    15 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 10:6-7
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    6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?"

    7 They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
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    8 All the elders and all the people said to him, "Don't listen, neither consent."

  • 2 Chr 22:4
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    4 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.

  • Job 29:8
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    8 The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

  • Job 12:20
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    20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Josh 9:14
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    14 The men sampled their provisions, and didn't ask counsel from the mouth of Yahweh.

  • 1 Sam 8:5
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    5 and they said to him, "Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."

  • 1 Sam 8:11
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    11 He said, "This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

  • 2 Chr 13:7-8
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    7 There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

    8 "Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
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    20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."

  • Exod 18:19
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    19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

  • Isa 8:10-11
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    10 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."

    11 For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • Deut 1:13
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    13 Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."

  • Job 30:1
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    1 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
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    6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

  • 2 Kgs 21:22
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    22 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
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    12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

  • 2 Chr 25:16
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    16 It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, "Have we made you one of the king's counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel."

  • Job 15:10
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    10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.

  • 2 Kgs 10:3
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    3 Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."

  • Job 12:17
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    17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

  • 2 Sam 17:14
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    14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.

  • Deut 28:50
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    50 a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

  • 2 Kgs 17:15
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    15 They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.

  • Ps 81:12
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    12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

  • Job 32:9
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    9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

  • 1 Sam 25:8
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    8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore, let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.'"