Quotes about Wisdom

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.

Shebna scraped the tablet clean and began drawing circles in the soft clay. "Suppose you had six figs and you ate two. How many would--" "Four." Hezekiah answered before Shebna finished, and the tutor's thick black eyebrows rose in surprise. "And suppose I had five figs. How many would we--" "Nine." "Have you done this before?" Hezekiah thought the question was ridiculous. "I've eaten figs lots of times.

The Bible reminds us that we shouldn't "let any unwholesome talk come out of [our] mouths (or fly from our typing fingertips), but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." That's from Ephesians 4:29

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it's an error not an end.

As Ravi Zacharias said, "Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.

We have to put our hearts and our minds in places where wisdom gathers, not scatters.

My attitude of love must be fiercely guarded when considering adding activities. My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity..... mt attitude of love must trump my activity every time.

Today's choices become tomorrow's circumstances. Proverbs 27:12 says, "The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Everything is permissible'—but not everything is beneficial" (1 Corinthians 10:23).

I don't know all the details entangled in this issue. But You know all. Therefore, You, God, are the only One who can handle all. There are a lot of things my flesh is tempted to seek—fairness, my right to be right, proof of her wrongdoing, to make her see things from my vantage point—but at this point, the only thing healthy for me to seek is You. You alone. I'm going to be obedient to You and let You handle everything else.

We are to process life by looking up to the Lord and into His Word for wisdom. James 3:14—15 (ESV) says, "If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.