2 Chronicles 10:8
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8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers.
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2 Samuel 17:14
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14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!
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Proverbs 1:25
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25 You ignored my advice
and rejected the correction I offered.
Isaiah 30:1
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Judah’s Worthless Treaty with Egypt
30 “What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the Lord.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
New Living Translation
16 What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,[a]
the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
Footnotes
- 10:16 Or a child.
Ecclesiastes 10:2-3
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2 A wise person chooses the right road;
a fool takes the wrong one.
3 You can identify fools
just by the way they walk down the street!
Proverbs 25:12
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12 To one who listens, valid criticism
is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.
Proverbs 13:20
New Living Translation
20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
associate with fools and get in trouble.
Proverbs 9:9
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9 Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
2 Chronicles 25:15-16
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15 This made the Lord very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”
16 But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king’s counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”
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