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1 Kings 12:8
But 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: (1 Kings 12:8)
Forsook the counsel.
Age brings experience, and wisdom increases with age. Where those who are young both in years and experience forsake the counsel of their elders, there the counsel of folly prevails.
Young men.
It is perfectly proper to take counsel with the young as well as the old, but it should be remembered that the eyes of youth see not what is seen with the eyes of experience and age.