Bible Verses About Teachers And Teaching From The Old Testament
Bible Verses About Teachers And Teaching From The Old Testament
These bible verses highlight various aspects of teaching, from the importance of instructing children in God's ways to the value of wisdom and understanding.
1. Deuteronomy 4:9 - "Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren."
2. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 - "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."
3. Deuteronomy 11:19 - "You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."
4. Job 12:7-8 - "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you."
5. Psalm 25:4-5 - "Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day."
6. Psalm 32:8 - "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye."
7. Psalm 51:13 - "Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You."
8. Psalm 71:17 - "O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works."
9. Psalm 94:12 - "Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, And teach out of Your law."
10. Psalm 119:12 - "Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes!"
11. Psalm 119:26 - "I have declared my ways, and You answered me; Teach me Your statutes."
12. Psalm 119:64 - "The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes."
13. Psalm 119:68 - "You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes."
14. Psalm 119:99 - "I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation."
15. Psalm 143:10 - "Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness."
16. Proverbs 1:8 - "My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother."
17. Proverbs 3:1-2 - "My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you."
18. Proverbs 4:1-2 - "Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law."
19. Proverbs 6:20-21 - "My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck."
20. Proverbs 9:9 - "Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."
21. Proverbs 12:1 - "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid."
22. Proverbs 13:14 - "The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death."
23. Proverbs 15:2 - "The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness."
24. Proverbs 15:31 - "The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise."
25. Proverbs 16:23 - "The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips."
26. Proverbs 19:20 - "Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days."
27. Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."
28. Isaiah 2:3 - "Many people shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.' For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
29. Isaiah 28:9 - "Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?"
30. Isaiah 28:26 - "For He instructs him in right judgment, His God teaches him."
31. Isaiah 48:17 - "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: 'I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.'"
32. Isaiah 54:13 - "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children."
33. Jeremiah 9:20 - "Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women, And let your ear receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And everyone her neighbor a lamentation."
34. Jeremiah 31:33-34 - "'But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.'"
35. Ezekiel 44:23 - "And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean."
36. Micah 4:2 - "Many nations shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.' For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
37. Malachi 2:7 - "For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts."
38. Nehemiah 8:8 - "So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading."
39. Job 34:32 - "Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more."
40. Psalm 119:171 - "My lips shall utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes."
41. Psalm 119:108 - "Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your judgments."
42. Psalm 119:135 - "Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes."
43. Proverbs 13:1 - "A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."
44. Proverbs 15:5 - "A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent."
45. Ecclesiastes 12:9 - "And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs."
46. Isaiah 28:10 - "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little."
47. Isaiah 30:20-21 - "And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left."
48. Hosea 10:12 - "Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you."
38. Zechariah 7:9 - "Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.'"
39. Zechariah 8:16 - "These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace."
40. 2 Chronicles 17:9 - "So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people."
41. Nehemiah 8:1 - "Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square tothat was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel."
42. 2 Kings 17:28 - "Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
43. Ezra 7:10 - "For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel."
44. 2 Chronicles 15:3 - "For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law."
45. Job 6:24 - "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred."
46. Job 34:32 - "Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more."
47. Proverbs 4:11 - "I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths."
48. Proverbs 8:10 - "Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold."
49. Proverbs 23:23 - "Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding."
50. Isaiah 54:13 - "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children."
