30 Bible Verse About Counseling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.”

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”

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

“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.”

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

“Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.”

“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; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”

“You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.”

“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.”

“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”

“And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.”

“I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.”

“When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.”

“Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.”

“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.”

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

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

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

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