Quotes about Wisdom
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
- Proverbs 26:10
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Proverbs 26:11
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Proverbs 26:16
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- Proverbs 26:17
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- Proverbs 26:23
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Proverbs 27:3
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- Proverbs 27:11
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Proverbs 27:12
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Proverbs 27:22
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
- Proverbs 28:2
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
- Proverbs 28:5