Advice Received (Proverbs 19:20)

It is always best to listen to the advice of others.

"Hear counsel, receive instruction and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come." Proverbs 19:20, Amplified

When I stated that it is always best to listen to advice, it must be noted that not all advice is good. Look at the words used in the verse above: counsel, instruction and correction. Thought these words can be used in a secular tense, we can also find them to be very "Chritianese". Advice is good when it is rooted in the Word of God. In exhorting the Ephesians, Paul wrote, "I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God." (Acts 20:27, NKJV) Again, as Paul was writing to Timothy he stated, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." (Second Timothy 3:16-17, NKJV)

As long as the advice you receive in rooted in the heart of God, it will never fail.