Quotes about Advice
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
- 2 Samuel 17:6
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
- 2 Samuel 17:7
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- 2 Samuel 17:11
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:14
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- 2 Samuel 17:15
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
- 2 Samuel 17:21
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- 2 Samuel 17:23
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
- 2 Samuel 20:18
Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:12
“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- 1 Kings 2:2
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 12:6
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 12:8