2 Chronicles 10:8

Rehoboam rejects the elders' counsel and consults the young men who grew up with him. It marks the fateful turn toward foolish advice.

Cross-references · 10

• 2 Sam 17:14Absalom 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.
• Prov 1:25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
• Prov 19:20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
• 2 Chr 25:15–16Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned 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?”
• Prov 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Isa 30:1“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,
• Eccl 10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
• Prov 25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
• Eccl 10:2–3A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
• Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

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