13 occurrences

'Advice' in the Bible

Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."

Verse ConceptsMan's Counsel

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceImmaturityThe Elders GatheredMan's CounselRejectionBad Counsel

And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?

Verse ConceptsRemoving BurdensLight YokeEasy BurdensMan's Counsel

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;

Verse ConceptsDiscourtesyThe Elders GatheredMan's Counsel

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfYokesWhippingHeavy BurdensScorpionsAdding Evil

But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men,

and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfOppression, Nature OfYokes

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