39 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel

He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.

Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes them to err.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own, for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

And I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall no more be consumed with famine in the land, nor bear the shame of the nations any more.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.

But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially those belonging his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.

The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him.