Topic
Counsel
12 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 12:8–16Nave INSTANCES OF — By Rehoboam
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: And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to…
- Proverbs 1:5Nave General scriptures concerning
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 1:24–33Nave REJECTED
¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh…
- Proverbs 9:9Nave General scriptures concerning
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 11:14Nave General scriptures concerning
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 12:15Nave General scriptures concerning
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Proverbs 15:22Nave General scriptures concerning
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Proverbs 19:20Nave General scriptures concerning
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Proverbs 20:18Nave General scriptures concerning
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Proverbs 24:6Nave General scriptures concerning
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 27:9Nave General scriptures concerning
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- Matthew 19:22Nave INSTANCES OF — By the rich young ruler
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
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Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.