Quotes about Wisdom
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
- Ecclesiastes 8:16
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
- Ecclesiastes 9:13
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:16
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- Ecclesiastes 10:1
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3