100 Bible Verses About Mentorship

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.