But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

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2 Chronicles 25:15,16 Wherefore the Lord being angry against Amasias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? . . .

2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

Proverbs 1:25 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

Proverbs 9:9 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Ecclesiastes 10:2,3,16 The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand. . . .

1. It excited the prince to emulation; that he might, as far as possible, surpass in all many exercises, and in all acts of prudence and virtue, those whom one day he was to surpass in the elevation and dignity of his station.

2. That he might acquire a correct knowledge of the disposition and views of those who were likely to be, under him, the highest officers of the state, and consequently know the better how to trust and employ them.