What Does the Bible Say About Listening To Advice?

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Proverbs 30:24-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ...

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

1 Samuel 31:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

21 Bible Verses about Listening To Advice

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:24-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 31:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Listening To Advice

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Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:24-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 31:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote