But he forsookthe counselof the elderswhichthey had givenhim, and consultedwith the youngmenwhogrewup with him and servedhim.
Then Absalomand allthe menof Israelsaid,"The counselof Hushaithe Architeis betterthanthe counselof Ahithophel."For the LORDhad ordainedto thwartthe goodcounselof Ahithophel,sothat the LORDmight bringcalamityon Absalom.
So he saidto them, "Whatcounseldo you givethat we may answerthispeople,whohave spokento me, saying,'Lightenthe yokewhichyour fatherputon us'?"
And you neglectedallmy counselAnd did not wantmy reproof;
He who walkswith wisemenwill be wise,But the companionof foolswill sufferharm.
Listento counseland acceptdiscipline,That you may be wisethe restof your days.
[Like] an earringof goldand an ornamentof finegoldIs a wisereproverto a listeningear.
Do not forsakeyour own friendor your father'sfriend,And do not goto your brother'shousein the dayof your calamity;Betteris a neighborwho is nearthana brotherfaraway.
Give[instruction] to a wisemanand he will be stillwiser,Teacha righteousmanand he will increase[his] learning.
Woeto you, O land,whosekingis a ladand whose princesfeastin the morning.
"Woeto the rebelliouschildren,"declaresthe LORD,"Who executea plan,but not Mine,And makean alliance,but not of My Spirit,In orderto addsinto sin;