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The Bible places significant emphasis on the value of wise counsel, underscoring the importance of seeking and heeding advice that aligns with God's will. Biblical Examples and Teachings: 1. The Value of Wise Counsel: The Bible frequently highlights the importance of seeking wise advice. <a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm">Proverbs 11:14</a> states, "Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety." This verse underscores the protective and stabilizing effect of receiving counsel from multiple sources. 2. Godly Wisdom vs. Worldly Wisdom: The Scriptures differentiate between godly wisdom and worldly wisdom. <a href="/james/3-17.htm">James 3:17</a> describes godly wisdom as "first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere." Believers are encouraged to seek advice that reflects these qualities. 3. The Role of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in guiding believers. <a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a> states, "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you." The Holy Spirit provides divine guidance and wisdom, supplementing human advice. 4. Examples of Wise Counsel in Scripture: · Jethro and Moses: In <a href="/bsb/exodus/18.htm">Exodus 18</a>, Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, advises Moses to delegate responsibilities to capable men to avoid burnout. Moses heeds this advice, demonstrating the value of practical and wise counsel. · Rehoboam's Folly: In <a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm">1 Kings 12</a>, King Rehoboam rejects the advice of the elders and follows the counsel of his peers, leading to disastrous consequences. This narrative illustrates the dangers of ignoring seasoned and wise advice. 5. Seeking Advice from God: Believers are encouraged to seek God's guidance in all matters. <a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5</a> assures, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him." Prayer and Scripture study are vital means of receiving divine advice. 6. The Counsel of Friends: <a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm">Proverbs 27:9</a> states, "Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul." This highlights the value of friendships rooted in mutual respect and godly wisdom, where advice is given and received in love. 7. Warnings Against Ungodly Counsel: <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a> warns against following the advice of the wicked: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers." Believers are cautioned to discern the source and nature of the advice they receive. Practical Application: In daily life, Christians are encouraged to seek advice that aligns with biblical principles, to pray for discernment, and to be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The counsel of mature believers, pastors, and trusted friends can be invaluable, provided it is consistent with Scripture.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Ephesians 4:29</a> Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. Topicalbible.org<a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Proverbs 21:20</a> There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up. Topicalbible.org<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Topicalbible.org<a href="/2_samuel/17-23.htm">2 Samuel 17:23</a> And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father. Topicalbible.org<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.2. (n.) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.3. (n.) Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.4. (n.) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>ADVICE; ADVISE; ADVISEMENTad-vis', ad-viz', ad-viz'-ment: Aside from their regular meaning these words are peculiarly employed as follows: (1) Advice' In <a href="/2_samuel/19-43.htm">2 Samuel 19:43</a> (from, dabhar, "word") the meaning is equal to "request" (the Revised Version, margin "were we not the first to speak of bringing back"). In <a href="/1_samuel/25-33.htm">1 Samuel 25:33</a> the King James Version (from, Ta`am, "taste," "reason") "advice" is equal to "sagacity" (the Revised Version (British and American) "blessed be thy discretion"). In <a href="/2_chronicles/25-17.htm">2 Chronicles 25:17</a> (from ya`ac, "to give or take counsel") the meaning seems to be "to consult with oneself"; compare also <a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Judges 19:30</a> the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "take counsel"). (2) Advise: In <a href="/2_samuel/24-13.htm">2 Samuel 24:13</a> the King James Version (from yadha, "to know") "to advise" means "to advise oneself," i.e. "to consider" (the Revised Version (British and American) "advise thee") Compare also <a href="/1_chronicles/21-12.htm">1 Chronicles 21:12</a> the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "consider" from, ra'ah, "to see") and <a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Proverbs 13:10</a> where "well-advised" is the same as "considerate" (from ya`ac; see <a href="/2_chronicles/25-17.htm">2 Chronicles 25:17</a>). (3) Advisement (antiquated): Found once in the Old Testament in <a href="/1_chronicles/12-19.htm">1 Chronicles 12:19</a> (from `etsah, "counsel"), where "upon advisement" means "upon deliberation." Compare 2Maccabees 14:20 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "when these proposals had been long considered"). A. L. Breslich<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3980.htm">3980. peitharcheo -- to obey authority</a> ... peitharcheo Phonetic Spelling: (pi-tharkh-eh'-o) Short Definition: I obey one in authority Definition: I obey one in authority, conform to advice, obey, follow ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3980.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4823.htm">4823. sumbouleuo -- to take counsel together, advise</a> ... counsel together, advise. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumbouleuo Phonetic Spelling: (soom-bool-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I give advice Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4823.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4824.htm">4824. sumboulion -- counsel, by impl. a council</a> ... a council. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sumboulion Phonetic Spelling: (soom-boo'-lee-on) Short Definition: a council, advice Definition: (a) a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4824.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1106.htm">1106. gnome -- purpose, opinion, consent, decision</a> ... purpose (3). advice, judgment, mind, purpose, will. From ginosko; cognition, ie (subjectively) opinion, or (objectively) resolve ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1106.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1012.htm">1012. boule -- counsel</a> ... advise, counsel. From boulomai; volition, ie (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose -- + advise, counsel, will. see GREEK boulomai. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1012.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3982.htm">3982. peitho -- to persuade, to have confidence</a> ... persuaded (8), persuading (1), put...trust (1), put confidence (1), put...confidence (1), relied (1), seeking the favor (1), sure (2), took...advice (1), trust ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3982.htm - 10k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6098.htm">6098. etsah -- counsel, advice</a> ... etsah. 6099 . counsel, advice. Transliteration: etsah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-tsaw') Short Definition: counsel. ... advice, advisement, counselor, purpose. ... /hebrew/6098.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4431.htm">4431. melek -- counsel, advice</a> ... 4430, 4431. melek. 4432 . counsel, advice. Transliteration: melek Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ak') Short Definition: advice. Word Origin ... /hebrew/4431.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm">1697. dabar -- speech, word</a> ... Word Origin from dabar Definition speech, word NASB Word Usage account (2), account* (2), act (1), acts (52), advice (3), affair (3), affairs (3), agreement (1 ... /hebrew/1697.htm - 8k <a href="/hebrew/5779.htm">5779. uts -- to counsel, plan</a> ... take advice counsel together. A primitive root; to consult -- take advice ((counsel) together). 5778, 5779. uts. 5780 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/5779.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2940.htm">2940. taam -- taste, judgment</a> ... 1), taste (4). advice, behavior, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding. From ta'am; properly, a taste, ie (figuratively ... /hebrew/2940.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3289.htm">3289. yaats -- to advise, counsel</a> ... counseled (7), Counselor (1), counselor (10), counselors (11), decided (3), devised (2), devises (2), formed (1), gave (1), give (2), give you advice (1), give ... /hebrew/3289.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8458.htm">8458. tachbulah -- direction, counsel</a> ... chebel; (only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), ie (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan -- good advice, (wise) counsels. ... /hebrew/8458.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4284.htm">4284. machashabah -- thought, device</a> ... beth}; from chashab; a contrivance, ie (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice) -- cunning (work ... /hebrew/4284.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8459.htm">8459. Tochu -- an ancestor of Samuel</a> ... Word Origin from the same as Toach Definition an ancestor of Samuel, the same as NH8430 NASB Word Usage Tohu (1). good advice, wise counsels. ... /hebrew/8459.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/seasonable_counsel_or_advice_to.htm">Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.</a> ... SEASONABLE COUNSEL: OR, ADVICE TO SUFFERERS. BY JOHN BUNYAN. London: Printed for Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1684. ... /.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm<a href="/library/watts/hymns_and_spiritual_songs/hymn_0_104861111_advice_to_youth.htm">Advice to Youth; Or, Old Age and Death in an Unconverted State ...</a> ... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:91. Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state, Eccles. 12. 1 7. Isa. 65. 20. 1 Now in ... /.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 104861111 advice to youth.htm<a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/wesleys_advice_to_travelers.htm">Wesley's Advice to Travelers</a> ... Chapter 11. "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Wesley's Advice to Travelers; Wesley and the French Prisoners Wesley's Advice to Travelers. ... /.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesleys advice to travelers.htm<a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-2-37_in_this_advice_so.htm">In this Advice, So Different from that of Other Writers...</a> ... [Way-2-37] In this advice, so different from that of other writers? In this advice, so different from that of other writers, he ... /.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-37 in this advice so.htm<a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-2-26_following_the_advice_of.htm">Following the Advice of all These Counselors, as Well as I Could.. ...</a> ... [Way-2-26] Following the advice of all these counselors, as well as I could? Following the advice of all these counselors, as ... /.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-26 following the advice of.htm<a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xvi_tee_advice_of.htm">Tee Advice of Hotep</a> ... CHAPTER XVI TEE ADVICE OF HOTEP. If Mentu, looking up from the old murkets, noted that the face of his son was weary and sad, he ... //christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xvi tee advice of.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_xxxi_christs_advice_to_invite.htm">Christ's Advice to Invite the Poor in Accordance with Isaiah the ...</a> ... Chapter XXXI."Christ's Advice to Invite the Poor in Accordance with Isaiah The Parable of the Great Supper a Pictorial Sketch of the Creator's Own ... /.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxxi christs advice to invite.htm<a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_and_hymns_of_isaac_watts/hymn_91_advice_to_youth.htm">Advice to Youth; Or, Old Age and Death in an Unconverted State. ...</a> ... HYMN 91 Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state. Eccl. 12:1,7; Isa. ... LM Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state. ... /.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 91 advice to youth.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_rewards_of_listening_to.htm">The Rewards of Listening to the Advice of the Wise</a> ... THE SAYINGS OF THE WISE THE REWARDS OF LISTENING TO THE ADVICE OF THE WISE. My son, if you heed my words, And store my commands in ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/the rewards of listening to.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_13_1867/loving_advice_for_anxious_seekers.htm">Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers</a> ... Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers. A Sermon (No.735). Delivered ... deceived. "Let him ask of God," that is the advice of the Scripture. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 13 1867/loving advice for anxious seekers.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/advice.htm">Advice (52 Occurrences)</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADVICE; ADVISE; ADVISEMENT. ... Multi-Version Concordance Advice (52 Occurrences). Acts 5:40 His advice carried conviction. ... /a/advice.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/a/advise.htm">Advise (10 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vt) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. ...ADVICE; ADVISE; ADVISEMENT. ... /a/advise.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/a/advisement.htm">Advisement (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Counsel; advice; information. 2. (n ... consultation. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADVICE; ADVISE; ADVISEMENT. ad ... /a/advisement.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/c/consult.htm">Consult (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. ... /c/consult.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/c/counsel.htm">Counsel (192 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) Result of consultation; advice; instruction. 4 ... counsel. 7. (vt) To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. ... /c/counsel.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/l/lighten.htm">Lighten (19 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 12:9 And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father ... /l/lighten.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/r/read.htm">Read (681 Occurrences)</a> ... 10. (vi) To give advice or counsel. 11. (vi) To tell; to declare. 12. ... 17. (vt) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. 18. ... /r/read.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/m/memucan.htm">Memucan (3 Occurrences)</a> ... He recommends Vashti's deposition so that "all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small." This advice is adopted and incorporated ... /m/memucan.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/p/phoenix.htm">Phoenix (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Thence, in spite of Paul's advice to winter in Fair Havens, it was decided to sail to Phoenix (eis Phoinika, limena tes Kretes) bleponta kata liba kai kata ... /p/phoenix.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/c/consulted.htm">Consulted (33 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Chronicles 10:8 But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood ... /c/consulted.htm - 16k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/relationship-advice-Christian.html">Can you give me some Christian relationship advice? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Solomon-advice.html">Why didn't Solomon follow his own advice on women? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/King-Lemuel.html">Who was King Lemuel in Proverbs 31? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/advice.htm">Advice: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Advice (52 Occurrences)<a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Acts 5:40</a> His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go. (WEY DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/acts/27-11.htm">Acts 27:11</a> But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul. (See NIV)<a href="/acts/27-21.htm">Acts 27:21</a> When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm">1 Corinthians 4:14</a> I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children. (WEY)<a href="/2_corinthians/8-10.htm">2 Corinthians 8:10</a> And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. (KJV WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice. (WEY)<a href="/exodus/18-19.htm">Exodus 18:19</a> 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. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Numbers 31:16</a> Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh. (See NIV)<a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Judges 19:30</a> And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/20-7.htm">Judges 20:7</a> Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/25-33.htm">1 Samuel 25:33</a> And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (KJV WBS)<a href="/2_samuel/15-34.htm">2 Samuel 15:34</a> but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom,'I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.' (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/16-20.htm">2 Samuel 16:20</a> Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/16-23.htm">2 Samuel 16:23</a> The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-4.htm">2 Samuel 17:4</a> The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. (See RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-6.htm">2 Samuel 17:6</a> When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-7.htm">2 Samuel 17:7</a> Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-14.htm">2 Samuel 17:14</a> 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. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-23.htm">2 Samuel 17:23</a> When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/19-43.htm">2 Samuel 19:43</a> The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?" The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/20-18.htm">2 Samuel 20:18</a> Then she spoke, saying, "They were used to say in old times, "They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they settled it. (See NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/20-22.htm">2 Samuel 20:22</a> Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm">1 Kings 12:8</a> But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him. (DBY NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm">1 Kings 12:9</a> And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us? (DBY NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm">1 Kings 12:13</a> And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him; (DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm">1 Kings 12:14</a> and he spoke to them according to the advice 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. (DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28</a> Whereupon 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. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!" (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/10-8.htm">2 Chronicles 10:8</a> But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him. (DBY NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/10-9.htm">2 Chronicles 10:9</a> And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? (KJV DBY WBS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/10-13.htm">2 Chronicles 10:13</a> And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men, (DBY NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/10-14.htm">2 Chronicles 10:14</a> And answered them after the advice 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. (KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/25-17.htm">2 Chronicles 25:17</a> Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/esther/1-21.htm">Esther 1:21</a> This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan: (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/esther/2-4.htm">Esther 2:4</a> and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so. (See NIV)<a href="/esther/5-14.htm">Esther 5:14</a> Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made. (See NAS)<a href="/job/5-13.htm">Job 5:13</a> He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. (See NAS)<a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm">Proverbs 1:25</a> You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/1-30.htm">Proverbs 1:30</a> They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm">Proverbs 11:14</a> Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. (DBY)<a href="/proverbs/12-5.htm">Proverbs 12:5</a> The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. (WEB NIV)<a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Proverbs 12:15</a> The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Proverbs 13:10</a> Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Proverbs 19:20</a> Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm">Proverbs 20:18</a> Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! (WEB KJV JPS DBY WBS NIV)<a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm">Proverbs 24:6</a> For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. (DBY JPS)<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:13</a> A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3</a> Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones. (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11</a> The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings? (See NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/30-2.htm">Isaiah 30:2</a> who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! (WEB)<a href="/jeremiah/38-15.htm">Jeremiah 38:15</a> Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me. (See NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Ezekiel 11:2</a> He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Daniel 4:27</a> Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility. 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