Bible Verses About Instruction

Pay attention, and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge;

for it is pleasant to keep them deep within you; have all of them ready on your lips.

I want your trust to be in ADONAI; this is why I'm instructing you about them today.

I have written you worthwhile things full of good counsel and knowledge,

so you will know that these sayings are certainly true and bring back true sayings to him who sent you.

I passed by the field of the lazy man and the vineyard of the man lacking sense.

There it was, overgrown with thistles; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

I looked, and I thought about it; I saw, and I learned this lesson:

"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep"-

and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

The king ordered Ashp'naz, the eunuch serving as his chief officer, to bring into the palace from the people of Isra'el some of royal or noble descent.

They were to be boys without physical defect, handsome in appearance, versed in all kinds of wisdom, quick to learn, discerning, and having the capacity to serve in the king's palace; and he was to teach them the language and literature of the Kasdim.

The king assigned them a daily portion of his own food and the wine he drank, and they were to be cared for in this way for three years. At the end of this time they were to become the king's attendants.

To these four boys God had given knowledge and skill in every aspect of learning and wisdom; moreover, Dani'el could understand all kinds of visions and dreams.

When the time the king had set for them to be presented came, the chief officer presented them to N'vukhadnetzar;

and when the king spoke with them, none was found among all of them to compare with Dani'el, Hananyah, Misha'el and 'Azaryah. So they entered the king's service;

and in all matters requiring wisdom and understanding, whenever the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and exorcists in his entire kingdom.

One day, as Yeshua was teaching the people at the Temple, making known the Good News, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers, along with the elders, came up to him

and said, “Tell us, what s’mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do these things? Who gave you this s’mikhah?”

Yeshua spent his days at the Temple, teaching; while at night he went out and stayed on the hill called the Mount of Olives.

All the people would rise with the dawn to come and hear him at the Temple courts.

And God has placed in the Messianic Community first, emissaries; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those who work miracles; then those with gifts of healing; those with ability to help; those skilled in administration; and those who speak in various tongues.

Not all are emissaries, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? or teachers? or miracle-workers?

Accordingly, the Torah functioned as a custodian until the Messiah came, so that we might be declared righteous on the ground of trusting and being faithful.

But now that the time for this trusting faithfulness has come, we are no longer under a custodian.