Advice

Human advice

A wise person seeks advice from others

Proverbs 12:15 NKJV

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.

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Rejecting good advice can lead to disaster

Proverbs 1:30–31 NKJV

They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

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Human advice can have unseen dangers

Proverbs 12:5 NKJV

The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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Examples of good human advice

Jethro; Hushai

Persian experts:

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Daniel; Gamaliel; Paul

Examples of bad human advice

Balaam

Ahithophel:

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Jeroboam; Egyptian advisers

Seeking advice from false gods is futile

Leviticus 19:31 NKJV

‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

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God needs no-one to advise him

Isaiah 40:13–14 NKJV

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?

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God gives advice

To his people

Psalm 32:8 NKJV

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

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Through Jesus Christ and his Spirit

Isaiah 11:2 NKJV

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

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Through his word

2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

God frustrates bad advice

1 Corinthians 1:19 NKJV

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

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Examples of receiving God’s advice

David:

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Jehoshaphat:

1 Kings 22:5 NKJV

Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the Lord today.”

Examples of rejecting God’s advice

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Israel:

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