19 Bible Verses about Acceptance, Of Instruction

“Please receive instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.

Hear, my son, and accept my sayings
And the years of your life will be many.

The wise of heart will receive commands,
But a babbling fool will be ruined.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline,
That you may be wise the rest of your days.

“Those who err in mind will know the truth,
And those who criticize will accept instruction.

“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;

My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His reproof,
For whom the Lord loves He reproves,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

He is on the path of life who heeds instruction,
But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your Law is within my heart.”

The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.