2 Chronicles 10:6
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6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
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Job 32:7
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7 I said, [a]‘Age should speak,
And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
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- Job 32:7 Lit. Days, i.e., years
Jeremiah 42:20
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20 For you [a]were hypocrites in your hearts when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord your God says, so declare to us and we will do it.’
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- Jeremiah 42:20 Lit. used deceit against your souls
Jeremiah 42:2-5
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2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, (A)“Please, let our petition be acceptable to you, and (B)pray for us to the Lord your God, for all this remnant (since we are left but (C)a few of many, as you can see), 3 that the Lord your God may show us (D)the way in which we should walk and the thing we should do.”
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard. Indeed, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words, and it shall be, that (E)whatever the Lord answers you, I will declare it to you. I will (F)keep nothing back from you.”
5 So they said to Jeremiah, (G)“Let the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the Lord your God sends us by you.
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Proverbs 27:10
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10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
That you may be wise (A)in your latter days.
Proverbs 12:15
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15 (A)The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Job 12:12-13
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12 Wisdom is with aged men,
And with [a]length of days, understanding.
13 “With Him are (A)wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
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- Job 12:12 Long life
Job 8:8-9
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8 “For(A) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
9 For (B)we were born yesterday, and know [a]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.
Footnotes
- Job 8:9 Lit. not
2 Samuel 17:5-6
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The Advice of Hushai
5 Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he (A)says too.” 6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken in this manner. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.”
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2 Samuel 16:20
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20 Then Absalom said to (A)Ahithophel, “Give advice as to what we should do.”
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