8 Bible Verses about Counsel
Most Relevant Verses
Oil and incense will rejoice the heart: and the sweetness from his friend from the counsel of the soul.
The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.
For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation.
In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.
From Thematic Bible
Counsel » Evil
Behold, they were to the sons of Israel by the word of Balaam for separating treacherously against Jehovah, concerning the word of Peor; and there will be a smiting in the assembly of Jehovah.
And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die.
And the king will consult and make two calves of gold, and he will say to them, Much for you going up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
And the children which grew up with him will speak to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who spake to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou lighten from upon us; thus shalt thou speak to them, My littleness thick above my father's loins.
And the children which grew up with him will speak with him, saying, Thou shalt say thus to the people who spake to thee, saying, Thy father made heavy our yoke, and lighten thou from us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little finger thick above my father's loins.
Counsel » Divine
I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.
And the spirit of Jehovah resting upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah:
Also this shall come forth from Jehovah of armies, he being wonderful of counsel and great of understanding.
Counsel » Wise » Examples of
I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.
Now hear to my voice, I will advise thee, and God will be with thee: be thou for the people towards God, and bring thou their words to God;
And they will speak to him, saying, If this day thou wilt be a servant to this people and serve them, and answer them, and speak to them good words, and they were servants to thee all the days.
Wherefore, O king, my counsel shall be pleasant to thee, and break off thy sins by justice, and thine iniquities in compassionating the poor; if it shall be a lengthening to thy peace.
And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.
Counsel » The importance of seeking
In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.
The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.
Counsel » Wives » Examples of
And it will be the day, and Elisha will pass through to Shunem, and a great woman there; and she will lay hold on him to eat bread. And it will be as often as he passed by, he will turn aside there to eat bread. And she will say to her husband, Behold now, I knew that he is a holy man of God, passing by us continually. Now we will make a little wall chamber and put for him there a bed and a table, and a throne and a candlestick; and being in his coming to us he will turn aside there.
And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.
And Manoah will say to his wife, Dying, we shall die, because we saw God. And his wife will say to him, If Jehovah were inclined to put us to death, he took not from our hand a burnt-offering and gift, and he shewed us not all these, and as now caused us not to hear such as this.
The queen, on account of the king's words and his nobles', came in to the house of drinking: the queen answered and said, O king, live forever: thy thought shall not terrify thee, and thy brightnesses shall not be changed: There is a man in thy kingdom that the spirit of the holy gods in him; and in the days of thy father, his light and his understanding and wisdom according to the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king thy father, set him up leader of the sacred scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, the diviners: Because that an excellent spirit and knowledge, and his understanding interpreting dreams, and showing of enigmas, and solving knotty questions, was found in him, in Daniel whom the king set his name Belteshazzar: now Daniel shall be called, and he will show the interpretation.
Counsel » The counsel(s) of the lord
The counsel of Jehovah shall stand forever, the purposes of his heart to generation and generation.
Many purposes in a man's heart: and the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
O Jehovah, thou my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name, for thou didst a wonder; counsels from far off, stability, faithfulness.
Remember the former things from forever: for I am God and no god besides, and none like me. Announcing the last part from the beginning, and from of old what was not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my delight:
Counsel » The reward for seeking counsel other than that of the lord
Wo to sons turning aside, says Jehovah, to make counsel and not from me; and to cover a covering, and not my spirit so as to add sin upon sin:
And Saul will die in his transgression which he transgressed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah, which he watched not, and also for asking to a sorcerer to seek out; And not seeking to Jehovah: and he will kill him, and turn the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
Counsel » The multitude of counselors
In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.
The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.
For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation.
Counsel » The place where there is no counsel
In no guidance the people will fall: and salvation in a multitude of counseling.
The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.
Counsel » What is established by counsel
For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation.
Counsel » Those that consult pagans
And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, And to the sons of Israel thou shalt say, A man, a man from the sons of Israel, and from the stranger sojourning in Israel which shall give of his seed to Molech, dying, he shall die: the people of the land. shall stone him with stones. And I will give my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people; for he gave from his seed to Molech, in order to defile my holy place and to profane my holy name. read more.
And if the people of the land, hiding, shall hide their eyes from that man in his giving his seed to Molech, so as not to put him to death; And I set my face against that man and against his family, and I cut him off, and all committing fornication after him to commit fornication after Molech, from the midst of their people. And the soul which shall turn to necromancers and to wizards, to commit fornication after them, and I gave my face against that soul and I cut him off from the midst of his people.
Counsel » There being no counsel against the lord
Counsel » Hearing counsel
Hear counsel and receive instruction, so that thou shalt be wise in thy latter state.
Counsel » Those that listen to counsel
Counsel » The counselors of peace
Counsel » Whose counsel should not be heeded
Counsel » Counsel in the heart of man
Deep waters are counsel in the heart of man; and a man of understanding will draw it out
Counsel » The counsels of the wicked
Counsel » Hearty counsel
Oil and incense will rejoice the heart: and the sweetness from his friend from the counsel of the soul.
Counsel » Those that take counsel together against the lord
Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness? The kings of the earth will place themselves, and the princes sat down together against Jehovah and against his Messiah. We will tear away his bands, and we will cast away his cords from us. read more.
He dwelling in the heavens shall laugh: Jehovah shall deride to them. Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and in his burning shall he tery them. And I anointed my king over Zion my holy mountain.
Counsel » The counsel of the heathen
Jehovah made vain the counsel of the nations: he brought the purposes of the peoples to nought
Counsel » Instances of » By rehoboam
And he will forsake the counsel of the old men which they counseled him, and he will consult with the children which grew up with him which were standing before him. And he will say to them, What do ye advise? and we will turn back word to this people who spake to me, saying, Lighten from the yoke which thy father gave upon us. And the children which grew up with him will speak to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who spake to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou lighten from upon us; thus shalt thou speak to them, My littleness thick above my father's loins. read more.
And now my father loaded upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions. And Jeroboam and all the people will come to Rehoboam in the third day, as the king spake, saying, Turn back to me in the third day. And the king will answer the people hard, and he will forsake the counsel of the old men which they counseled him; And he will speak to them according to the counsel of the children, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions. And the king heard not to the people, for the turn was from Jehovah for sake of lifting up his word which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. And all Israel will see that the king heard not to them, and the people will turn back the king word, saying, What part to us in David? and no inheritance in the son of Jesse: to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thy house, David. And Israel will go to their tents.
Counsel » The lord giving counsel
Counsel » Those that do not walk in the counsel of the unGodly
Happy the man who went not in the counsel of the unjust, and he stood not in the way of the sinful, and sat not in the seat of those scoffing.
Counsel » Rejected
Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; read more.
In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs. And they shall eat from the fruit of their way, and be filled with their purposes For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them. And he hearing to me shall dwell in confidence, and being quiet from fear of evil.
Counsel » Instances of » By the rich young ruler
And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.
Counsel » The counsel of the froward
He took the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the perverse was headlong.
Evil » Results of » Counsel
Behold, they were to the sons of Israel by the word of Balaam for separating treacherously against Jehovah, concerning the word of Peor; and there will be a smiting in the assembly of Jehovah.
And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die.
And the king will consult and make two calves of gold, and he will say to them, Much for you going up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
And the children which grew up with him will speak to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who spake to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou lighten from upon us; thus shalt thou speak to them, My littleness thick above my father's loins.
And the children which grew up with him will speak with him, saying, Thou shalt say thus to the people who spake to thee, saying, Thy father made heavy our yoke, and lighten thou from us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little finger thick above my father's loins.
Topics on Counsel
Bad Counsel
Proverbs 18:24A man of friends for making friendship: and there is love attaching more than a brother.
God's Counsel
Psalm 73:24In thy counsel thou wilt guide me, and after, thou wilt receive me with glory.
Man's Counsel
Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense will rejoice the heart: and the sweetness from his friend from the counsel of the soul.