Contradiction with Proverbs 1:5
Encourages listening to wise counsel, which aligns with seeking advice from elders, but contrasts with the later rejection of their counsel in the same narrative.
Proverbs 1:5: A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Contradiction with 1 Kings 12:8
Contradicts by showing Rehoboam forsaking the counsel of the old men, favoring the younger men's advice instead.
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:
Contradiction with Proverbs 12:15
Contradicts by stating that a wise man listens to advice, opposing Rehoboam's ultimate decision against the old men's advice.
Proverbs 12:15: The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:10
Contradicts the reliance on older men's wisdom by questioning the nostalgia or idealization of former days.
Ecclesiastes 7:10: Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. [wisely: Heb. out of wisdom]
Contradiction with Job 32:9
Suggests that age alone does not guarantee wisdom, contradicting the assumption of seeking old men's counsel purely based on age status.
Job 32:9: Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.