Quotes about Wisdom
These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
- Proverbs 31:1
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
- Proverbs 31:2
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- Proverbs 31:3
She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
- Proverbs 31:16
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- Proverbs 31:18
Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- Proverbs 31:23
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
- Proverbs 31:26
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
- Ecclesiastes 1:1
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 1:12
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
- Ecclesiastes 1:13
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14