Bible Verses about โmentoringโ
The Bible contains 34 verses about mentoring across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.โ
โcasting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.โ
โLet no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.โ
โBut the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.โ
โto be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.โ
โBe imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.โ
โthat they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,โ
โand that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;โ
โIron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.โ
โLikewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."โ
โand you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.โ
โneither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.โ
โShepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;โ
โHumble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;โ
โThese words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;โ
โOne who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.โ
โWhen the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.โ
โI exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.โ
โthat the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:โ
โand you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.โ
โThe things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.โ
โYou shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.โ
โYou shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.โ
โThe entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.โ
โInstruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.โ
โHe arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.โ
โYes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.โ
โPhilip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"โ
โHear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:โ
โOne generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.โ
โHe was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.โ
โThe Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."โ
โHe said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.โ
โEven so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.โ
