Proverbs 11:14

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Proverbs 11:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

13 A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

14 For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

16 A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

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Proverbs 15:22

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Proverbs 24:6

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

1 Kings 12:1

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:2

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

1 Kings 12:3

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:5

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

1 Kings 12:6

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

1 Kings 12:7

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

1 Kings 12:8

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:9

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:11

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:12

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:15

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

1 Kings 12:17

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

1 Kings 12:18

Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 12:19

So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Isaiah 19:12

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

Acts 15:6

So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

Acts 15:7

After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Acts 15:8

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Acts 15:11

On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

Acts 15:12

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 15:13

When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!

Acts 15:14

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

Acts 15:15

The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

Acts 15:16

‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

Acts 15:17

so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

Acts 15:18

that have been known for ages.’

Acts 15:19

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

Acts 15:21

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”