21 Bible Verses about People Teaching

To imprison his princes at his will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.

So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and arranged many proverbs.

“Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

“What will you say [O Jerusalem] when the Lord appoints [foreign nations to rule] over you—
Those former friends and allies whom you have encouraged [to be your companions]—
Will not pain seize you
Like [that of] a woman in childbirth?

saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];

“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the light rain upon the tender grass,
And as the spring showers upon the herb.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction].

and [that you are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the [spiritually] childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—

well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

“Teach me, and I will be silent;
And show me how I have erred.

Now hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
And let your ear hear the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters a song of mourning,
And each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge.

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he punished the men of Succoth.

The king assigned a daily ration for them from his finest food and from the wine which he drank. They were to be educated and nourished this way for three years so that at the end of that time they were [prepared] to enter the king’s service.

‘They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense],
Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].’

For physical training is of some value, but godliness (spiritual training) is of value in everything and in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.

Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skilled.

I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.