So we need to pay particular attention to what these people think who are closest to us. Seek advice from wise people with knowledge in the areas affected Fifth, we must also seek advice from those people who have more knowledge than we do in the areas affected by the decision. For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure. The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom in found in those who take advice.
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors they succeed.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. For waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisors. But we also need to be cautious about whose advice we listen to. As we've already seen, Rehoboam heeded the advice of his buddies, having rejected the advice of the older men. The sound of a multitude of voices is sometimes wrong.