Bible Verses About Guidance
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for guidance, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 78,306 votes, led by Proverbs 3:5-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Guidance
Proverbs 3:5-62,949 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Psalms 32:82,362 votes
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms 119:1052,142 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
John 16:131,964 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Isaiah 30:211,881 votes
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Proverbs 11:141,727 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 16:91,563 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Matthew 7:7-111,559 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Psalms 25:4-51,523 votes
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
James 1:5-61,506 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 37:23-241,410 votes
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
John 14:261,317 votes
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Isaiah 58:111,314 votes
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Psalms 37:231,288 votes
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
James 1:51,174 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
James 1:5-81,113 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 22:61,067 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Jeremiah 29:11975 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
1 John 4:1959 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Psalms 25:9956 votes
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 143:8785 votes
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Psalms 25:4776 votes
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5753 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Luke 1:79751 votes
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Psalms 31:3744 votes
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
What does the Bible say about guidance?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:5-6 on the subject of guidance. Across 78,306 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 32:8, Psalms 119:105, John 16:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.