11 Bible Verses about Advice, Rejecting Good Advice
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You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you. Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.
But he paid no attention to the opinion of the elders. He went to the young men who were his advisors:
He ignored the advice the elders gave him. He sought advice from the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
The king gave them a harsh answer. He paid no attention to the suggestion of the elders. He gave them the answer suggested by the young advisors. He said: My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder! My father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes. The king did not listen to the people. This came about by Jehovah's purpose, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be fulfilled.
The king answered them harshly. He ignored the elder's advice. He spoke to them as the young men advised. He said: If my father made your burden heavy, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will use scorpions. The king refused to listen to the people because Jehovah was directing these events to carry out the promise he had made to Jeroboam, Nebat's son through Ahijah from Shiloh.
You have ignored all my counsel. You accept no correction. I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.
Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.
But the army officer was convinced by what the captain and the owner of the ship said, and not by what Paul said.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king who will no longer take advise.
I answered: If I tell you the truth, you will put me to death, and if I give you advice, you will not pay any attention.
