'Instruction' in the Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, don't forget my instruction, and keep my commandments carefully in mind.

Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,and do not loathe His discipline;

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

for I am giving you good instruction.Don’t abandon my teaching.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

A wise man’s instruction is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Whoever listens to a word of instruction prospers, and anyone who trusts in the LORD is blessed.

The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

A wise person's thoughts control his words, and his speech promotes instruction.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.

She opens her mouth with wisdomand loving instruction is on her tongue.

A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.

Hear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom!Listen to the instruction of our God,you people of Gomorrah!

and many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us about His waysso that we may walk in His paths.”For instruction will go out of Zionand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejectedthe instruction of the Lord of Hosts,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.

Bind up the testimony.Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;For morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night,And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”

Those who are confused will gain understanding,and those who grumble will accept instruction.

They are a rebellious people,deceptive children,children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.

Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor?

With whom did He consult and who enlightened Him?Who taught Him the path of justice and taught Him knowledgeAnd informed Him of the way of understanding?

He will not grow weak or be discourageduntil He has established justice on earth.The islands will wait for His instruction.”

The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.

Who gave Jacob to the robber,and Israel to the plunderers?Was it not the Lord?Have we not sinned against Him?They were not willing to walk in His ways,and they would not listen to His instruction.

Pay attention to Me, My people,and listen to Me, My nation;for instruction will come from Me,and My justice for a light to the nations.I will bring it about quickly.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction:do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.

In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

Listen, earth! I'm about to bring calamity on this people, on the fruit of their plans, because they didn't listen to my words and they rejected my instruction.

And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

Everyone is stupid and senseless. They follow worthless instruction from a piece of wood!

So I bought the belt according to the LORD's instruction, and put it around my waist.

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

ט TetZion’s gates have fallen to the ground;He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.Her king and her leaders live among the nations,instruction is no more,and even her prophets receiveno vision from the Lord.

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

Disaster after disaster will come,and there will be rumor after rumor.Then they will seek a vision from a prophet,but instruction will perish from the priestsand counsel from the elders.

And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness.

they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

[It shall be] for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn't go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every kind of vision and dreams.

He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

I write for him myriads of my instruction; they are regarded as a strange thing.

and many nations will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us about His waysso we may walk in His paths.”For instruction will go out of Zionand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

Her prophets are reckless—treacherous men.Her priests profane the sanctuary;they do violence to instruction.

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and fairness and turned many from sin.

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Hosts.

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”

“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

When Jesus had finished this instruction, He departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.

There is no disciple who is superior to his teacher; but every one whose instruction is complete will be like his teacher.

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"

after giving instruction through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up to Heaven.

They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of the apostles, and to fellowship, to eating meals together and to prayers.

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.

[You behave as if] you are already filled [with spiritual wisdom and in need of nothing more]. Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts]! You [in your conceit] have ascended your thrones and become kings without us; and how I wish [that it were true and] that you did reign as kings, so that we might reign with you.

Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Now, believers, if I come to you speaking in unknown tongues, how will I benefit you unless I also speak to you [clearly] either by revelation [revealing God’s mystery], or by knowledge [teaching about God], or by prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], or by instruction [teaching precepts that develop spiritual maturity]?

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.