Counsel

Counsel is advice given to guide decisions. The Lord is the Wonderful Counsellor, in the multitude of counsellors there is safety, and the wise hearken unto counsel, while the counsel of the ungodly is to be shunned.

God's counsel

• Psalm 32:8
  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
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• Psalm 73:24
  Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
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• Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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• Psalm 33:11
  The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
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• Isaiah 28:29
  This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
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In the multitude of counsellors

• Proverbs 11:14
  Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
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• Proverbs 15:22
  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
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• Proverbs 24:6
  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
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• Proverbs 20:18
  Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
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The wise listen

• Proverbs 12:15
  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
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• Proverbs 19:20
  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
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• Proverbs 1:5
  A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
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Ungodly counsel

• Psalm 1:1
  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.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.
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• 1 Kings 12:8
  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:But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
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• 2 Chronicles 22:3
  He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
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Giving counsel

• Proverbs 27:9
  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
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• Proverbs 20:5
  Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
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• Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
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• Romans 15:14
  And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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See also

• Wisdom
• Guidance
• Foolishness
• Friendship
• Elders

Notes

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