40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel
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A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.
Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
Poverty and shame are for those who ignore correction, but whoever listens to instruction gains honor.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you or abandon you."
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.
Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and you'll be wise for the rest of your life.
While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."
Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"
How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.
Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance
A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.
The lifestyle of the fool is right in his own opinion, but wise is the man who listens to advice.
How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!
Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.
The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.
When David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan became a close friend to David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up.
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.
You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves, because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
I'm going to prepare for them the best of gardening spots. They will no longer live as victims in a land of starvation, nor will they have to bear the insults of the international community.
My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the Law of your God, I will also forget your children.
If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.
But Rehoboam ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and who worked for him.
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