2 Chronicles 10:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And king Rehoboam consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 10:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 16:20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
- 2 Samuel 17:5Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
- Job 8:8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 12:12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
- Job 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
- Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 42:20For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
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