2 Samuel 16:20
16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”
2 Samuel 17:5
17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for
Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”
Job 12:12
12:12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?
Does not long life bring understanding?
Job 32:7
32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age should speak,
and length of years should make wisdom known.’
Proverbs 27:10
27:10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
Jeremiah 42:2-5
42:2 They said to him, “Please grant our request
and pray to the
Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here.
For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.
42:3 Pray that the
Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”
42:4 The prophet Jeremiah answered them, “Agreed!
I will indeed pray to the
Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the
Lord replies in response to you.
I will not keep anything back from you.”
42:5 They answered Jeremiah, “May the
Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as
the
Lord sends you to tell us to do.
Jeremiah 43:2
43:2 Then Azariah
son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The
Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’