Quotes about Counsel
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
- 1 Corinthians 4:14
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- 1 Corinthians 7:6
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- Ephesians 1:11
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
- Revelation 3:18
God makes everything beautiful in His time, He makes everything happen at the right moment, at the moment He has fixed for it, so that history in its entirety and in its parts corresponds to the counsel of God and exhibits the glory of that counsel.
- Herman Bavinck
The difference between a counsel and a commandment is that a commandment implies obligation, whereas a counsel is left to the option of the one to whom it is given.
- Peter Kreeft
An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
- Oscar Wilde
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
- Joseph Addison
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong
A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.
- Abraham Lincoln
Men give advice; God gives guidance.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Their plans were improved with the best advice.
- JRR Tolkien