40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel
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A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
It happened, 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.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
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