1 Kings 12:6

King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served and advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and said, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

Job 12:12


“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,
And with long life is understanding.

Job 32:7


“I thought age should speak,
And a multitude of years should teach wisdom.

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:5

Nevertheless, Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”

1 Kings 4:2

These were his [chief] officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the high priest;

Proverbs 27:10


Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

Jeremiah 42:2-5

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our petition be presented before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, that is, for all this remnant [of the people of Judah]; for we were once many, but now [only] a few of us are left, as you see with your own eyes, [so please pray]

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the proud and insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are not telling the truth! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to live there.’

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Summary

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

General references

Bible References

Consulted

2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”
2 Samuel 17:5
Nevertheless, Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”
Job 12:12

“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,
And with long life is understanding.
Job 32:7

“I thought age should speak,
And a multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Proverbs 27:10

Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
Jeremiah 42:2
and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our petition be presented before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, that is, for all this remnant [of the people of Judah]; for we were once many, but now [only] a few of us are left, as you see with your own eyes, [so please pray]
Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the proud and insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are not telling the truth! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to live there.’

General references

1 Kings 12:23
“Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and all the house (fighting men) of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people,
Job 32:7

“I thought age should speak,
And a multitude of years should teach wisdom.