2 Chronicles 10:8
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8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
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Proverbs 1:25
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2 Samuel 17:14
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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (A)For the Lord had ordained[a] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
Isaiah 30:1
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Do Not Go Down to Egypt
30 “Ah, (A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make (C)an alliance,[a] but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
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- Isaiah 30:1 Hebrew who weave a web
Ecclesiastes 10:16
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16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
and your princes feast in the morning!
Ecclesiastes 10:2-3
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2 (A)A wise man's heart inclines him to the right,
but a fool's heart to the left.
3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,
and he (B)says to everyone that he is a fool.
Proverbs 25:12
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Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 9:9
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9 Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (A)still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will (B)increase in learning.
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- Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction
2 Chronicles 25:15-16
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15 Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people (A)who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that (B)God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
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