1 Kings 12:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

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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  • 2 Chr 10:8 : 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.
  • 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 of the king's counsel? 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 1:2-5 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; 3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 To give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man: 5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
  • 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 ear-ring 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.

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

    7They 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.

    8But 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.

    9He said to them, What counsel give you, 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?

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:9-10
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    9He 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?

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

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

    14and spoke to them after 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 10:13-14
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    13The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:6-7
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    6King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?

    7They 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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    72%

    8All the elders and all the people said to him, Don't you listen, neither consent.

  • 2 Chr 22:4
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    4He 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 8:4-5
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    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

    5and 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.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
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    11He said, This will be the manner 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;

    12and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

  • Josh 9:14
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    14The men took of their provision, and didn't ask counsel at the mouth of Yahweh.

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

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

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

    8Now 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.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • Exod 18:19
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    19Listen 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 8:7-8
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    7Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

    8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 12:2
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    2Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
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    28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
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    16It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? 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 12:12
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    12With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Rejoice, 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 25:8
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    8Ask 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.

  • 2 Sam 17:14
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    14Absalom 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.

  • Isa 3:2
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    2The mighty man, The man of war, The judge, The prophet, The diviner, The elder,

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