But he forsook the counsel the old men gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and stood before him.
And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them and answer them with good words, they will be your servants forever.
He said to them, What do you advise that we answer this people who have said, Make the yoke your father put on us lighter?
But the king forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who were brought up with him and stood before him.
And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof,
Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
Like an earring or nose ring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys.