Quotes about Wisdom
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 10:14
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5