Bible Verses About Bad Counsel
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bad counsel, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,104 votes, led by Proverbs 12:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bad Counsel
Proverbs 12:5173 votes
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 15:22127 votes
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Proverbs 19:20-21112 votes
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Jeremiah 23:16109 votes
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.
Psalms 1:1106 votes
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.
Proverbs 14:7103 votes
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 11:1498 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 12:1593 votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Job 42:784 votes
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.
Proverbs 19:2069 votes
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 13:2061 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Psalms 1:1-260 votes
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.
1 Kings 12:8-1152 votes
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:
Proverbs 24:649 votes
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 27:948 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Jeremiah 7:2445 votes
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 Samuel 16:20-2342 votes
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
Isaiah 19:11-1441 votes
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Proverbs 28:2640 votes
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Isaiah 19:1136 votes
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Ezekiel 13:332 votes
Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
2 Timothy 4:3-432 votes
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Psalms 1:1-629 votes
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.
1 Kings 12:828 votes
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:
Isaiah 9:1628 votes
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
What does the Bible say about bad counsel?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:5 on the subject of bad counsel. Across 2,104 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 15:22, Proverbs 19:20-21, Jeremiah 23:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.