Bible Verses About Mentoring
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for mentoring, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,199 votes, led by Proverbs 27:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Mentoring
Proverbs 27:17421 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Titus 2:3-5388 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
1 Peter 5:1-5263 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Proverbs 22:6261 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Psalms 145:4242 votes
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
2 Timothy 2:2241 votes
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.
Psalms 71:18169 votes
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Proverbs 9:9138 votes
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 13:20133 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 11:1128 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Titus 2:3114 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
1 Thessalonians 2:8112 votes
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Proverbs 1:5109 votes
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9105 votes
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
Psalms 119:130102 votes
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
John 14:26101 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.
1 Peter 5:5-785 votes
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.
Acts 8:27-3184 votes
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
1 Timothy 4:1283 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Matthew 28:19-2081 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Hebrews 13:780 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Titus 2:1-1558 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Colossians 3:1657 votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Philippians 1:1-3054 votes
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Proverbs 1:1-3353 votes
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
What does the Bible say about mentoring?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 27:17 on the subject of mentoring. Across 5,199 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Titus 2:3-5, 1 Peter 5:1-5, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.