Bible topics › Bad Counsel

What does the Bible say about bad counsel?

15 verses about bad counsel, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

6 booksMost in Proverbs

Explore this topic on the arcs

Bible verses about bad counsel

Proverbs 12:5 — The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6 votes
Proverbs 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 5 votes
Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 4 votes
Proverbs 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 4 votes
Proverbs 14:7 — Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 4 votes
Proverbs 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 4 votes
Jeremiah 23:16 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. 4 votes
Job 42:7 — And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 3 votes
Proverbs 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 3 votes
2 Samuel 16:20 — Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 2 votes
1 Kings 12:8 — But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 2 votes
Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 2 votes
Proverbs 24:6 — For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 2 votes
Proverbs 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 2 votes
Jeremiah 7:24 — But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (9), Jeremiah (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (1)

What does the Bible say about bad counsel?

Bible verses about bad counsel

Where these verses are

Related topics