Bible verses about "counsel" | WEB_Strongs

1 Kings 12:6-19

  6 H4428 King H7346 Rehoboam H3289 took counsel H2205 with the old men, H5975 who had stood H6440 before H8010 Solomon H1 his father H2416 while he yet lived, H559 saying, H3289 "What counsel H7725 do you give me to return H1697 answer H5971 to this people?"
  7 H1696 They spoke H559 to him, saying, H5650 "If you will be a servant H5971 to this people H3117 this day, H5647 and will serve H6030 them, and answer H1696 them, and speak H2896 good H1697 words H5650 to them, then they will be your servants H3117 forever."
  8 H5800 But he forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old men H3289 which they had given H3289 him, and took counsel H3206 with the young men H1431 who had grown up H5975 with him, who stood H6440 before him.
  9 H559 He said H3289 to them, "What counsel do you give, H7725 that we may H1697 return answer H5971 to this people, H1696 who have spoken H559 to me, saying, H7043 ‘Make H5923 the yoke H1 that your father H5414 put H7043 on us lighter?'"
  10 H3206 The young men H1431 who had grown up H1696 with him spoke H559 to him, saying, H559 "Thus you shall tell H5971 this people H559 who spoke H559 to you, saying, H1 ‘Your father H3513 made H5923 our yoke H3513 heavy, H7043 but make it lighter H1696 to us;' you shall say H6995 to them, ‘My little H5666 finger is thicker H1 than my father's H4975 waist.
  11 H1 Now whereas my father H6006 burdened H3515 you with a heavy H5923 yoke, H3254 I will add H5923 to your yoke: H1 my father H3256 chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions.'"
  12 H3379 So Jeroboam H5971 and all the people H935 came H7346 to Rehoboam H7992 the third H3117 day, H4428 as the king H1696 asked, H559 saying, H7725 "Come to me again H7992 the third H3117 day."
  13 H4428 The king H6030 answered H5971 the people H7186 roughly, H5800 and forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old men H3289 which they had given him,
  14 H1696 and spoke H6098 to them according to the counsel H3206 of the young men, H559 saying, H1 "My father H3513 made H5923 your yoke H3513 heavy, H3254 but I will add H5923 to your yoke. H1 My father H3256 chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions."
  15 H4428 So the king H8085 didn't listen H5971 to the people; H5438 for it was H3068 a thing brought about of Yahweh, H6965 that he might establish H1697 his word, H3068 which Yahweh H1696 spoke H3027 by H281 Ahijah H7888 the Shilonite H3379 to Jeroboam H1121 the son H5028 of Nebat.
  16 H7725 When H3478 all Israel H7200 saw H4428 that the king H8085 didn't listen H5971 to them, the people H1697 answered H4428 the king, H559 saying, H2506 "What portion H1732 have we in David? H5159 Neither do we have an inheritance H1121 in the son H3448 of Jesse. H168 To your tents, H3478 Israel! H7200 Now see H1004 to your own house, H1732 David." H3478 So Israel H3212 departed H168 to their tents.
  17 H1121 But as for the children H3478 of Israel H3427 who lived H5892 in the cities H3063 of Judah, H7346 Rehoboam H4427 reigned over them.
  18 H4428 Then king H7346 Rehoboam H7971 sent H151 Adoram, H4522 who was over the men subject to forced labor; H3478 and all Israel H7275 stoned H4191 him to death H68 with stones. H4428 King H7346 Rehoboam H553 made speed H5927 to get him up H4818 to his chariot, H5127 to flee H3389 to Jerusalem.
  19 H3478 So Israel H6586 rebelled H1004 against the house H1732 of David H3117 to this day.

Proverbs 16:1-33

  1 H4633 The plans H3820 of the heart H120 belong to man, H4617 but the answer H3956 of the tongue H3068 is from Yahweh.
  2 H1870 All the ways H376 of a man H2134 are clean H5869 in his own eyes; H3068 but Yahweh H8505 weighs H7307 the motives.
  3 H1556 Commit H4639 your deeds H3068 to Yahweh, H4284 and your plans H3559 shall succeed.
  4 H3068 Yahweh H6466 has made H4617 everything for its own end— H7563 yes, even the wicked H3117 for the day H7563 of evil.
  5 H1362 Everyone who is proud H3820 in heart H8441 is an abomination H3068 to Yahweh: H3027 they shall H3027 certainly H5352 not be unpunished.
  6 H2617 By mercy H571 and truth H5771 iniquity H3722 is atoned H3374 for. By the fear H3068 of Yahweh H5493 men depart H7451 from evil.
  7 H376 When a man's H1870 ways H7521 please H3068 Yahweh, H341 he makes even his enemies H7999 to be at peace with him.
  8 H2896 Better H4592 is a little H6666 with righteousness, H7230 than great H8393 revenues H4941 with injustice.
  9 H120 A man's H3820 heart H2803 plans H1870 his course, H3068 but Yahweh H3559 directs H6806 his steps.
  10 H7081 Inspired judgments H8193 are on the lips H4428 of the king. H4941 He shall H4603 not betray H6310 his mouth.
  11 H4941 Honest H3976 balances H6425 and scales H3068 are Yahweh's; H68 all the weights H3599 in the bag H4639 are his work.
  12 H8441 It is an abomination H4428 for kings H6213 to do H7562 wrong, H3678 for the throne H3559 is established H6666 by righteousness.
  13 H6664 Righteous H8193 lips H7522 are the delight H4428 of kings. H157 They value H1696 one who speaks H3477 the truth.
  14 H4428 The king's H2534 wrath H4397 is a messenger H4194 of death, H2450 but a wise H376 man H3722 will pacify it.
  15 H216 In the light H4428 of the king's H6440 face H2416 is life. H6440 His favor H5645 is like a cloud H4456 of the spring rain.
  16 H2896 How much better H7069 it is to get H2451 wisdom H2742 than gold! H7069 Yes, to get H998 understanding H977 is to be chosen H3701 rather than silver.
  17 H4546 The highway H3477 of the upright H5493 is to depart H7451 from evil. H5341 He who keeps H1870 his way H8104 preserves H5315 his soul.
  18 H1347 Pride H6440 goes before H7667 destruction, H1363 and a haughty H7307 spirit H6440 before H3783 a fall.
  19 H2896 It is better H6035 to be of a lowly H7307 spirit H8217 with the poor, H2505 than to divide H7998 the plunder H1343 with the proud.
  20 H7919 He who heeds H1697 the Word H4672 finds H2896 prosperity. H982 Whoever trusts H3068 in Yahweh H835 is blessed.
  21 H2450 The wise H3820 in heart H7121 shall be called H995 prudent. H4986 Pleasantness H8193 of the lips H3254 promotes H3948 instruction.
  22 H7922 Understanding H4726 is a fountain H2416 of life H1167 to one who has H4148 it, but the punishment H191 of fools H200 is their folly.
  23 H3820 The heart H2450 of the wise H7919 instructs H6310 his mouth, H3254 and adds H3948 learning H8193 to his lips.
  24 H5278 Pleasant H561 words H6688 are a honeycomb, H4966 sweet H5315 to the soul, H4832 and health H6106 to the bones.
  25 H3426 There is H1870 a way H3477 which seems right H6440 to H376 a man, H319 but in the end H1870 it leads H4194 to death.
  26 H6001 The appetite of the laboring H5315 man H6001 labors H6310 for him; for his mouth H404 urges him on.
  27 H1100 A worthless H376 man H3738 devises H7451 mischief. H8193 His speech H6867 is like a scorching H784 fire.
  28 H8419 A perverse H376 man H7971 stirs H4066 up strife. H5372 A whisperer H6504 separates H441 close friends.
  29 H376 A man H2555 of violence H6601 entices H7453 his neighbor, H3212 and leads H1870 him in a way H2896 that is not good.
  30 H6095 One who winks H5869 his eyes H2803 to plot H8419 perversities, H7169 one who compresses H8193 his lips, H3615 is bent H3615 on H7451 evil.
  31 H7872 Gray hair H5850 is a crown H8597 of glory. H4672 It is attained H1870 by a life H6666 of righteousness.
  32 H750 One who is slow H639 to anger H2896 is better H1368 than the mighty; H4910 one who rules H7307 his spirit, H3920 than he who takes H5892 a city.
  33 H1486 The lot H2904 is cast H2436 into the lap, H4941 but its every decision H3068 is from Yahweh.

Proverbs 12:15

  15 H1870 The way H191 of a fool H3477 is right H5869 in his own eyes, H2450 but he who is wise H8085 listens H6098 to counsel.

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