All you Israelites, ¹  make a decision here!” ² 

Listen to advice ¹  and receive discipline, that ²  you may become wise ³  by the end of your life. ⁴ 

Plans ¹  are established by counsel, so ²  make war ³  with guidance.

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The way of a fool ¹  is right ²  in his own opinion, ³  but the one who listens to advice is wise. ⁴ 

because ¹  you neglected ²  all my advice, and did not comply ³  with my rebuke,

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned ¹  all my rebuke.

With pride ¹  comes only ²  contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised. ³ 

The king responded to the people harshly. He ¹  rejected the advice of the older men

The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. ¹  Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. ² 

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ¹  I will make them even heavier. ²  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ³ 

Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.” ¹ 

How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly ¹  revealed your insight!

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

The plans ¹  of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ² 

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided ¹  to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.

Now ¹  let me give you some advice as to how ²  you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.