2Ch 10:8-15, Luk 16:8 | ESV | STEP | But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

2 Chronicles 10:8-15

8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. 9 And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10 And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs. 11 And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” 13 And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, 14 King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfill his word, ^awhich he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Luke 16:8

8 The master commended the dishonest manager for his ^bshrewdness. For ^cthe sons of this world ^{▼▼Greek age} are ^emore shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ^fthe sons of light.