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The 13 most-voted verses about bad counsel, from 4 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

Proverbs 12:5 (BSB)

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

Proverbs 12:5 (KJV)

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 12:5 (WEB)

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22 (BSB)

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 15:22 (KJV)

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 15:22 (WEB)

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 1:1 (BSB)

Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 1:1 (KJV)

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Psalm 1:1 (WEB)

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Proverbs 11:14 (BSB)

Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Proverbs 11:14 (KJV)

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 11:14 (WEB)

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

Proverbs 14:7 (BSB)

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7 (KJV)

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

Proverbs 14:7 (WEB)

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:16 (BSB)

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:16 (KJV)

The LORD of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:16 (WEB)

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

Job 42:7 (BSB)

¶ And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath].

Job 42:7 (KJV)

It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Job 42:7 (WEB)

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Proverbs 12:15 (BSB)

The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

Proverbs 12:15 (KJV)

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Proverbs 12:15 (WEB)

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Proverbs 19:20 (BSB)

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 19:20 (KJV)

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

Proverbs 19:20 (WEB)

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20 (BSB)

He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20 (KJV)

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:20 (WEB)

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

Proverbs 24:6 (BSB)

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Proverbs 24:6 (KJV)

for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.

Proverbs 24:6 (WEB)

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

Proverbs 27:9 (BSB)

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:9 (KJV)

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Proverbs 27:9 (WEB)

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:24 (BSB)

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:24 (KJV)

But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:24 (WEB)

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