27 Bible Verses about Teachableness
Most Relevant Verses
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."
and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"
Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
So then they said to him, "What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?"
Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.
The ear that hears and the eye that sees -- the Lord has made them both.
Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
"But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.
And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
From Thematic Bible
Prudence » Teachableness
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.
Teachableness » Illustrated in the life of ezra
I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."
Teachableness » Manifested by the blind man
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
Teachableness » Essential to entrance into God's kingdom
and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
Teachableness » Results in the philippian jailer's conversion
Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Teachableness » Seen in the ethiopian eunuch
The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Teachableness » Exhibited by the disciples
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
