What Does the Bible Say About Counselor?

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 31 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

John 14:16-17 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

John 14:26 ESV / 23 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 16:13 ESV / 22 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

Isaiah 58:9-11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Psalm 119:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.

Hebrews 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Isaiah 28:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes

This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Psalm 104:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Acts 10:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

John 15:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

Proverbs 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Psalm 36:1-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. ...

Ephesians 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Genesis 11:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.”

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

John 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Isaiah 61:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. ...

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

1 John 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 19:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

38 Bible Verses about Counselor

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:16-17 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:26 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:13 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 58:9-11 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 28:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 36:1-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 12:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 11:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 61:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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