40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel
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A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel is wise.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
And it came to pass, 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 that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him to rise.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, and who stood before him:
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