Quotes about Wisdom
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- Ecclesiastes 5:7
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
- Ecclesiastes 6:5
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Ecclesiastes 6:8
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
- Ecclesiastes 6:11
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
- Ecclesiastes 7:4
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5