Quotes about Wisdom
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Proverbs 19:10
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Proverbs 19:13
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Proverbs 19:14
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 19:15
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
- Proverbs 19:16
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- Proverbs 19:18
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Proverbs 19:20
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
- Proverbs 19:23
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:25
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:27
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Proverbs 19:29
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1