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Want to know what the Bible says about Having A Teachable Spirit? Here are 37 Bible verses about Having A Teachable Spirit 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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1 Peter 5:5 NIV
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”
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Proverbs 12:1 NIV
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Proverbs 13:18 NIV
Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,
    but whoever heeds correction is honored.
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Proverbs 9:9 NIV
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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1 Corinthians 2:13-14 NIV
13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
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2 Timothy 3:16 NIV
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
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2 Timothy 2:2 NIV
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.
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Proverbs 4:5 NIV
Get wisdom, get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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Hebrews 12:6 NIV
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
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Acts 8:31 NIV
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Romans 10:17 NIV
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
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Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Daniel 4:37 NIV
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Acts 17:11 NIV
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
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Proverbs 29:1 NIV
Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed —without remedy.
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Hosea 4:6 NIV
    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.
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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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Titus 2:1 NIV
You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
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2 Timothy 3:2 NIV
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
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Psalm 69:32 NIV
The poor will see and be glad
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!
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