Dictionary of Bible Themes Counsel is essential for gaining wisdom, though human advice is not always reliable. God's advice is necessary and trustworthy for guidance in life. Proverbs 12:15Human advice See also A wise person seeks advice from others Proverbs 11:14; 13:10; 15:12,22; 19:20; 24:6; 27:9Ecclesiastes 4:13 Proverbs 1:30-31 See also Rejecting good advice can lead to disaster 1 Kings 12:81 Kings 12:13-15 pp 2Ch 10:8 Proverbs 1:25-26Jeremiah 18:18 pp 2Ch 10:13-15 Acts 27:11Proverbs 12:5 See also Human advice can have unseen dangers Job 21:16Psalms 1:1 Isaiah 19:11 Ezekiel 11:2 Exodus 18:17-24 Examples of good human advice 2 Samuel 17:5-16Jethro Esther 1:13-22; 2:1-4Hushai Daniel 4:27Persian experts: Acts 5:38Daniel 2 Corinthians 8:10Gamaliel Paul Numbers 31:15-16Examples of bad human advice 2 Samuel 15:31-34; 16:20-23; 17:1-4,21-23Balaam 1 Kings 12:28Ahithophel: Isaiah 19:11Jeroboam Egyptian advisers Leviticus 19:31Seeking advice from false gods is futile See also Deuteronomy 18:142 Chronicles 25:15-16 Isaiah 19:3; 41:28-29; 47:12-13 Isaiah 40:13-14 God needs no-one to advise him See also Job 12:13Proverbs 8:14 Isaiah 28:29 Psalms 32:8 God gives advice See also To his people Psalms 16:7; 73:24Revelation 3:18 Isaiah 11:2 See also Through Jesus Christ and his Spirit Isaiah 9:6John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13 2 Timothy 3:16 Through his word 1 Corinthians 1:19God frustrates bad advice See also 2 Samuel 17:14Psalms 33:10 1 Samuel 23:1-4 Examples of receiving God's advice 2 Samuel 2:1David: 1 Kings 22:5Jehoshaphat: pp 2Ch 18:4 Job 38:2; 42:2-3Examples of rejecting God's advice Job: Psalms 106:13; 107:11See also Israel: 1180 God, wisdom of3130 Holy Spirit, Counsellor 3263 Holy Spirit, guidance 5781 affection 6145 deceit 8124 guidance 8361 wisdom 8408 decision-making 8412 decisions |
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