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What does the Bible say about having a teachable spirit?
18 verses about having a teachable spirit, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about having a teachable spirit
- 1 Peter 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 10 votes
- Proverbs 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 8 votes
- Proverbs 13:18 — Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 7 votes
- Proverbs 9:9 — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 6 votes
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 — Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 5 votes
- 2 Timothy 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 4 votes
- Proverbs 4:5 — Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 3 votes
- 2 Timothy 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 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. 2 votes
- Proverbs 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 2 votes
- Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 2 votes
- Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 votes
- Acts 8:31 — And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 2 votes
- Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 2 votes
- Romans 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 2 votes
- Hebrews 12:6 — For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 2 votes
- James 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2 votes
- 1 John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 votes
Where these verses are
Proverbs (7), Acts (2), 2 Timothy (2), Psalms (1), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), James (1), 1 Peter (1), 1 John (1)
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