Quotes about Prudence
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- Proverbs 22:3
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
- Proverbs 24:3
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
- Proverbs 25:10
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:5
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Proverbs 27:12
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Proverbs 28:26
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Amos 5:13
But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
- Matthew 25:4
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 10:23