Quotes about Insight
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- Proverbs 30:2
Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
- Proverbs 30:24
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
- Proverbs 31:26
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- Ecclesiastes 2:13
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:3
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:23
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
- Ecclesiastes 9:13
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9