Bible Verses About Instruction

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in certain of the children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles;

youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king.

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.