Bible Verses About Instruction

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AYIN.

I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

I also will laugh inthe day ofyour calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.