Quotes about Virtue
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 29:23
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Proverbs 29:27
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- Proverbs 31:18
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
- Proverbs 31:30
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
- Proverbs 31:31
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 7:16
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Isaiah 33:15
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 7:5
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Jeremiah 9:23
Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
- Ezekiel 18:5
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 5:7