Advice
10 passages
- Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Read it in context - Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Read it in context - Proverbs 24:6
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Read it in context - Proverbs 3:5–6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Proverbs 14:15
The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Read it in context - 1 Kings 12:6–8
6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. 7They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” 8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Read it in context - Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read it in context - Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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