Top 25 Bible Verses About Advice (NIV)

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.

¹⁵ The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.

¹⁴ For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

⁶ for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.

²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

¹⁵ A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. ⁷ They replied, "If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants." ⁸ But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

⁴ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

¹⁰ Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

¹³ Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.

²⁶ He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

²⁴ Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: ¹⁰ If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! ¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? ¹² Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

²⁸ "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. ²⁵ Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

²⁰ He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

²⁴ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

¹⁵ Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me."