12 Bible Verses about Advice, Rejecting God's Advice

But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel.

because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.

"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?

"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. You asked, "Who is this that darkens counsel without knowledge?' Well now, I have talked about what I don't understand awesome things beyond me that I don't know.

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me. But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him.

He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him. However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children, who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.

Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the Law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly declared, "We had to speak God's word to you first, but since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are now going to turn to the gentiles.

Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the LORD? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams. Indeed, rebellion is the sin of divination, and arrogance is iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected this message from the LORD, he has rejected you from being king."