Bible Verses About Counseling

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

“For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.”

“Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.”

“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”

“The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.”

“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

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

“Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.”

“I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.”

“Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.”

“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.”

“Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.”

“These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.”

“We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.”

“But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.”

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”

“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.”

“Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.”

“But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”

“I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.”

“And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.”

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”

“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.”

“Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

“For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.”

“But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.”

“For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.”

“This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.”

“You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle — are they not in Your book?”

“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.”

“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”

“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.”

“Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.”

“Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.”

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.”

“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly — as infants in Christ.”