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Want to know what the Bible says about Instruction? Here are 137 Bible verses about Instruction from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 16:22 NIV
Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,
    but folly brings punishment to fools.
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Proverbs 13:1 NIV
A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
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Psalm 25:5 NIV
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,
    and my hope is in you all day long.
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Proverbs 3:11-12 NIV
11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
    as a father the son he delights in.
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Acts 1:8 NIV
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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Proverbs 6:23 NIV
For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,
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Romans 12:1-2 NIV
12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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2 Timothy 2:15 NIV
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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Proverbs 5:1 NIV
My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words of insight,
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Proverbs 22:15 NIV
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
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