8But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
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Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; …
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos. 4:10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase . Sin is a bad way of building up a family. Rehoboam was the son of the wisest of men, yet did not inherit his father’s wisdom, and then it stood him in little stead to inherit his father’s throne. Neither wisdom nor…
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