Quotes about Proverbs
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.
- Proverbs 27:15-16
In the same way, people who sleep when they should be working are testing God. Because God promised to take care of them, they assume that God will find a way. But in Proverbs, God told them to work: "Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth" (Proverbs 10:4).
- Martin Luther
Proverbs 2:4—5 challenges the body of Christ to seek the Lord as silver. We must gain the knowledge of Him, for there are hidden things that God will only give to the hungry.
- Mike Bickle
Proverbs 19:21 is a foundational Scripture in regard to understanding God's purpose: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
- Myles Munroe
Doing the best as we can to figure out life, to discern how or if a certain proverb applies right here and now, is not an act of disloyalty toward God, rebellion against God's clear rulebook for life. It is, rather, our sacred responsibility as people of faith.
- Peter Enns
Reading the book of Proverbs on child rearing is like paying good money for financial advice and being told after ten sessions, "Here's what I've come up with. Invest your money wisely, and you will be set for retirement." I was hoping for stock tips.
- Peter Enns
The point is that Proverbs 26:4—5 doesn't tell me what to do. It wasn't designed to. It models something better: the permission to think it through, figure it out, and learn from experience for next time. In fact, more than just giving us permission, the contradiction sets up our expectation that we will have to think it through.
- Peter Enns
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
- 1 Kings 4:32
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
- Job 13:12
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
- Proverbs 1:1
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
- Proverbs 1:6
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 1:7