19 Bible Verses about Acceptance, Of Instruction

Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction."

"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

And he said, "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. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?"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 rebellious; I turned not backward.

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