2 Chronicles 10:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

He forsook

General references

1 Kings 12:8

Bible References

He forsook

So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not deliver their own people from your hand?”

Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.

A wise correction to a receptive ear
is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.

A wise man’s heart goes to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.

Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.

General references

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.