Quotes about Proverb
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Ezekiel 12:22
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
- Ezekiel 12:23
I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 14:8
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
- Ezekiel 18:2
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
- Ezekiel 18:3
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- Micah 2:4
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
- Matthew 24:28
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
- Luke 4:23
At the very least, we must tell our stories, mustn't we? Speak the names? You know, there is an old proverb that says, 'We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.' The first death is beyond our
- Lisa Wingate
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced — even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it
- John Keats
A proverb is no proverb to you till life has illustrated it.
- John Keats
Ancient wisdom is a present blessing.
- Matshona Dhliwayo