2 Chronicles 10:6

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

Job 32:7

I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"

2 Samuel 17:5-6

But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say."

Job 8:8-9

"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

Job 12:12-13

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

Jeremiah 42:2-5

They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

Jeremiah 42:20

You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, 'Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says and we will do it.'

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Summary

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Bible References

Took counsel

Job 12:12
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
Job 32:7
I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
Proverbs 19:20
Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
Jeremiah 42:2
They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

What counsel

2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"
2 Samuel 17:5
But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say."

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