2 Chronicles 10:8
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.
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2 Chronicles 25:15Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand?
Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man , and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man , and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 27:10Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:2-12
Rehoboam Succeeds Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →