40 Bible Verses about Bad Counsel

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

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

Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:

Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

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

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.

And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.

Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.

Do ye not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own? for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body.

Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather 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 ignominy of the nations any more.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of his house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.

Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:

But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.