wise counsel

¹⁵The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes. But whoever is wise listens to counsels.

¹⁴Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.

²²Intentions dissipate where there is no counsel. Yet truly, they are confirmed where there are many counselors.

⁶For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.

²⁰Listen to counsel and take up discipline, so that you may be wise in your latter days.

¹⁰Among the arrogant, there are always conflicts. But those who do everything with counsel are ruled by wisdom.

²⁰Listen to counsel and take up discipline, so that you may be wise in your latter days. ²¹There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

¹⁸Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The foolish despise wisdom as well as doctrine.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

²⁶Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool. But whoever treads wisely, the same shall be saved.

³³Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.

¹Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence. ²But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. ³And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper. ⁴Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth. ⁵Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just. ⁶For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

¹³Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.

⁶king Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had assisted before his father Solomon while he was still living. And he said, “What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people?” ⁷They said to him, “If today you will obey and serve this people, and yield to their petition, and if you will speak lenient words to them, they will be your servants for all days.” ⁸But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given to him. And he consulted the young men who had been raised with him, and who were assisting him. ⁹And he said to them: “What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people, who have said to me: ‘Make light the yoke that your father imposed on us?’ ” ¹⁰And the young men who had been raised with him, said: “You shall speak in this way to this people, who have spoken to you, saying: ‘Your father weighed down our yoke. You should relieve us.’ You shall say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father. ¹¹And now, my father placed a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add more upon your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

⁵By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments.