5779 advice
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Counsel is essential for gaining wisdom, though human advice is not always reliable. God's advice is necessary and trustworthy for guidance in life.

Human advice

A wise person seeks advice from others

Proverbs 12:15 See also Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 15:12,22; Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 27:9; Ecclesiastes 4:13

Rejecting good advice can lead to disaster

Proverbs 1:30-31 See also 1 Kings 12:8 pp 2 Chronicles 10:8; 1 Kings 12:13-15 pp 2 Chronicles 10:13-15; Proverbs 1:25-26; Jeremiah 18:18; Acts 27:11

Human advice can have unseen dangers

Proverbs 12:5 See also Job 21:16; Psalm 1:1; Isaiah 19:11; Ezekiel 11:2

Examples of good human advice

Exodus 18:17-24 Jethro; 2 Samuel 17:5-16 Hushai

Persian experts:

Esther 1:13-22; Esther 2:1-4 Daniel 4:27 Daniel; Acts 5:38 Gamaliel; 2 Corinthians 8:10 Paul

Examples of bad human advice

Numbers 31:15-16 Balaam

Ahithophel:

2 Samuel 15:31-34; Samuel 16:20-23; Samuel 17:1-4,21-23 1 Kings 12:28 Jeroboam; Isaiah 19:11 Egyptian advisers

Seeking advice from false gods is futile

Leviticus 19:31 See also Deuteronomy 18:14; 2 Chronicles 25:15-16; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 41:28-29; Isaiah 47:12-13

God needs no-one to advise him

Isaiah 40:13-14 See also Job 12:13; Proverbs 8:14; Isaiah 28:29

God gives advice

To his people

Psalm 32:8 See also Psalm 16:7; Psalm 73:24; Revelation 3:18

Through Jesus Christ and his Spirit

Isaiah 11:2 See also Isaiah 9:6; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13

Through his word

2 Timothy 3:16

God frustrates bad advice

1 Corinthians 1:19 See also 2 Samuel 17:14; Psalm 33:10

Examples of receiving God's advice

David:

1 Samuel 23:1-4; 2 Samuel 2:1

Jehoshaphat:

1 Kings 22:5 pp 2 Chronicles 18:4

Examples of rejecting God's advice

Job:

Job 38:2; Job 42:2-3

Israel:

Psalm 106:13; Psalm 107:11

See also

1180  God, wisdom of
3130  Holy Spirit, Counsellor
3263  Holy Spirit, guidance
5780  advisers
6145  deceit
8124  guidance
8361  wisdom
8408  decision-making
8412  decisions



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