¹⁸ For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?

²² But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?

²³ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?

⁸ Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

⁹ What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰ With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

¹⁴ The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.

¹³ Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

¹⁴ With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

⁷ Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.