Quotes about Wisdom
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 17:7
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- Proverbs 17:10
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 17:12
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 17:14
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Proverbs 17:16
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
- Proverbs 17:19
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- Proverbs 17:21
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 17:24
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 17:25
A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
- Proverbs 17:27
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 17:28