But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would 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 appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. {appointed: Heb. commanded}

He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

A wise man's heart {is} at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king {is} a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, {and} which stood before him:

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

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. {many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives}

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.