What Does the Bible Say About Education?

Proverbs 1:5

“Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance.”

Proverbs 9:9

“Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.”

Proverbs 22:6

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

Ecclesiastes 7:12

“Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.”

Isaiah 28:9-10

“Who is he trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? For it is: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Proverbs 16:16

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!”