Quotes about Wisdom
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
- Proverbs 24:32
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 24:34
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
- Proverbs 25:1
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
- Proverbs 25:2
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.
- Proverbs 25:3
Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
- Proverbs 25:6
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Proverbs 25:8
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
- Proverbs 25:10
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 25:11
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- Proverbs 25:12
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- Proverbs 25:16
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24