40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

Poverty and contempt, are for him that neglecteth correction, but, he that regardeth reproof, shall be honoured.

Plans, are frustrated, for lack of consultation, but, by the multitude of counsellors, shall counsel, be established.

At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.

Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after-life.

For, even when we were with you, this, were we giving in charge unto you, - that, if any will not work, neither let him eat!

Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Jesus saith to him - I say not unto thee, unto, seven, times, but, until seventy times seven.

How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,

A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

With no guidance, a people will fall, but, safety, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.

The way of the foolish, is right in his own eyes, but, he that hearkeneth to counsel, is wise.

Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.

Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

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

The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.

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

A kind man one may call, a great man, - but, a faithful man, who can find?

Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil. For, if the one should fall, the other would raise up his companion, - but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!

Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!

Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other, - even as ye are also doing.

Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.

Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; - For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

Ye, are, of your father - the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

And be not in fear, by reason of them that are killing the body, - and, the soul, are not able to kill. But fear, rather, him who is able, both soul and body, to destroy in gehenna!

And I will raise up unto them a plantation for fame,- And there shall be no longer the destroyed of hunger in the land, Neither shall they bear any longer the reproach of the nations.

My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge, - Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children.

If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!

Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards, that, faithful, one be found.

A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;

But he declined the counsel of the elders which they gave him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, who were standing before himself;