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100 Bible Verses about Advice

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 1,178 helpful votes

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 1,074 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 1,068 helpful votes

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 928 helpful votes

For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 891 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 783 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 735 helpful votes

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 716 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1 Kings 12:6-8 ESV / 705 helpful votes

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 697 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 670 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 487 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

James 1:5 ESV / 486 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Proverbs 13:10 ESV / 442 helpful votes

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 419 helpful votes

The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Romans 8:1-4 ESV / 410 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

John 3:16 ESV / 397 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 382 helpful votes

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 381 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 378 helpful votes

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 377 helpful votes

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 365 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 12:5 ESV / 363 helpful votes

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 355 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 345 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 343 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Matthew 19:2 ESV / 342 helpful votes

And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 342 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 ESV / 340 helpful votes

Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.

James 3:17 ESV / 333 helpful votes

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 332 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Acts 1:8 ESV / 331 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 331 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 38:15 ESV / 324 helpful votes

Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”

Psalm 119:24 ESV / 322 helpful votes

Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.

Luke 14:28 ESV / 317 helpful votes

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 316 helpful votes

I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 315 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 3:12 ESV / 314 helpful votes

For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 306 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 302 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 12:2 ESV / 298 helpful votes

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

Proverbs 15:31-33 ESV / 296 helpful votes

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 294 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 6:20-23 ESV / 294 helpful votes

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

James 4:10 ESV / 288 helpful votes

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 287 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 286 helpful votes

For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Proverbs 23:19-21 ESV / 285 helpful votes

Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 285 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Luke 14:28-30 ESV / 283 helpful votes

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

Isaiah 30:1 ESV / 283 helpful votes

“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 283 helpful votes

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Romans 12:10 ESV / 281 helpful votes

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Proverbs 20:18 ESV / 280 helpful votes

Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

Job 2:11 ESV / 280 helpful votes

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

Jeremiah 29:2 ESV / 277 helpful votes

This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem.

Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 272 helpful votes

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

Matthew 6:2 ESV / 268 helpful votes

“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Proverbs 3:27 ESV / 263 helpful votes

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

John 7:24 ESV / 251 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Proverbs 1:8 ESV / 245 helpful votes

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

James 1:2 ESV / 242 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Proverbs 24:3 ESV / 212 helpful votes

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 211 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 207 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

James 1:4 ESV / 200 helpful votes

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 192 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 182 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 175 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

James 1:5-8 ESV / 172 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 171 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

John 3:3 ESV / 163 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 158 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 157 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 152 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 129 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 128 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 127 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Ecclesiastes 4:9 ESV / 119 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

Psalm 25:4 ESV / 116 helpful votes

Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.

John 15:13 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 107 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 101 helpful votes

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 93 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 4:2-3 ESV / 92 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 87 helpful votes

Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

John 14:6 ESV / 73 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 71 helpful votes

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...

John 14:2 ESV / 68 helpful votes

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 66 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Luke 10:2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 63 helpful votes

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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