But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
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