40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

Jesus saith to him, 'I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

And I have raised for them a plant for renown, And they are no more consumed by hunger in the land, And they bear no more the shame of the nations.

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;