diff --git a/langchain/agents/agent.py b/langchain/agents/agent.py
index 847633ab1c8..62ea2e983b5 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/agent.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/agent.py
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class Agent(BaseModel):
         llm: BaseLLM,
         tools: List[Tool],
         callback_manager: Optional[BaseCallbackManager] = None,
-        verbose: bool = False,
     ) -> Agent:
         """Construct an agent from an LLM and tools."""
         cls._validate_tools(tools)
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ class Agent(BaseModel):
             llm=llm,
             prompt=cls.create_prompt(tools),
             callback_manager=callback_manager,
-            verbose=verbose,
         )
         return cls(llm_chain=llm_chain)
 
diff --git a/langchain/chains/base.py b/langchain/chains/base.py
index cc32f2eca76..af2e6cc1253 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/base.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/base.py
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ class Chain(BaseModel, ABC):
         """
         return callback_manager or get_callback_manager()
 
+    @validator("verbose", pre=True, always=True)
+    def set_verbose(cls, verbose: Optional[bool]) -> bool:
+        """If verbose is None, set it.
+
+        This allows users to pass in None as verbose to access the global setting.
+        """
+        if verbose is None:
+            return _get_verbosity()
+        else:
+            return verbose
+
     @property
     @abstractmethod
     def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
diff --git a/langchain/chains/llm.py b/langchain/chains/llm.py
index 1cd191b7132..9a02a8149da 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/llm.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/llm.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class LLMChain(Chain, BaseModel):
 
     def generate(self, input_list: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> LLMResult:
         """Generate LLM result from inputs."""
-        self.llm.verbose = self.verbose
         stop = None
         if "stop" in input_list[0]:
             stop = input_list[0]["stop"]
diff --git a/langchain/chains/qa_with_sources/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/qa_with_sources/__init__.py
index 88b60aecfea..56bb9bcd2e2 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/qa_with_sources/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/qa_with_sources/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def _load_stuff_chain(
     llm: BaseLLM,
     prompt: BasePromptTemplate = stuff_prompt.PROMPT,
     document_variable_name: str = "summaries",
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> StuffDocumentsChain:
     llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _load_map_reduce_chain(
     collapse_prompt: Optional[BasePromptTemplate] = None,
     reduce_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
     collapse_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> MapReduceDocumentsChain:
     map_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=question_prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
     document_variable_name: str = "context_str",
     initial_response_name: str = "existing_answer",
     refine_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> RefineDocumentsChain:
     initial_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=question_prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
 
 
 def load_qa_with_sources_chain(
-    llm: BaseLLM, chain_type: str = "stuff", verbose: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
+    llm: BaseLLM,
+    chain_type: str = "stuff",
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
+    **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> BaseCombineDocumentsChain:
     """Load question answering with sources chain.
 
diff --git a/langchain/chains/question_answering/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/question_answering/__init__.py
index 7685d7ab184..1e9bc7cdb80 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/question_answering/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/question_answering/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def _load_stuff_chain(
     llm: BaseLLM,
     prompt: BasePromptTemplate = stuff_prompt.PROMPT,
     document_variable_name: str = "context",
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> StuffDocumentsChain:
     llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _load_map_reduce_chain(
     collapse_prompt: Optional[BasePromptTemplate] = None,
     reduce_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
     collapse_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> MapReduceDocumentsChain:
     map_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=question_prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
     document_variable_name: str = "context_str",
     initial_response_name: str = "existing_answer",
     refine_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> RefineDocumentsChain:
     initial_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=question_prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
 
 
 def load_qa_chain(
-    llm: BaseLLM, chain_type: str = "stuff", verbose: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
+    llm: BaseLLM,
+    chain_type: str = "stuff",
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
+    **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> BaseCombineDocumentsChain:
     """Load question answering chain.
 
diff --git a/langchain/chains/summarize/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/summarize/__init__.py
index 8605ed2c2be..d0c9f35b313 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/summarize/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/summarize/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def _load_stuff_chain(
     llm: BaseLLM,
     prompt: BasePromptTemplate = stuff_prompt.PROMPT,
     document_variable_name: str = "text",
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> StuffDocumentsChain:
     llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def _load_map_reduce_chain(
     collapse_prompt: Optional[BasePromptTemplate] = None,
     reduce_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
     collapse_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> MapReduceDocumentsChain:
     map_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=map_prompt, verbose=verbose)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
     document_variable_name: str = "text",
     initial_response_name: str = "existing_answer",
     refine_llm: Optional[BaseLLM] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> RefineDocumentsChain:
 
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ def _load_refine_chain(
 
 
 def load_summarize_chain(
-    llm: BaseLLM, chain_type: str = "stuff", verbose: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
+    llm: BaseLLM,
+    chain_type: str = "stuff",
+    verbose: Optional[bool] = None,
+    **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> BaseCombineDocumentsChain:
     """Load summarizing chain.
 
diff --git a/langchain/llms/base.py b/langchain/llms/base.py
index fbd77546b76..22e63b49084 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/base.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/base.py
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ class BaseLLM(BaseModel, ABC):
         """
         return callback_manager or get_callback_manager()
 
+    @validator("verbose", pre=True, always=True)
+    def set_verbose(cls, verbose: Optional[bool]) -> bool:
+        """If verbose is None, set it.
+
+        This allows users to pass in None as verbose to access the global setting.
+        """
+        if verbose is None:
+            return _get_verbosity()
+        else:
+            return verbose
+
     @abstractmethod
     def _generate(
         self, prompts: List[str], stop: Optional[List[str]] = None