King Rehoboam talked it over with the elders who had advised his father when he was alive: “What’s your counsel? How do you suggest that I answer the people?”
Then Absalom spoke to Ahithophel, “Are you ready to give counsel? What do we do next?”
“Give me,” said Rehoboam, “three days to think it over; then come back.” So the people left.
Fools are headstrong and do what they like; wise people take advice.
Take good counsel and accept correction— that’s the way to live wisely and well.
Don’t leave your friends or your parents’ friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.