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Quotes About Caution

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
~ Proverbs 20:16
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
~ Proverbs 20:19
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
~ Proverbs 22:3
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
~ Proverbs 22:24
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
~ Proverbs 22:25
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
~ Proverbs 22:26
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
~ Proverbs 23:3
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
~ Proverbs 23:27
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
~ Proverbs 23:28
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
~ Proverbs 23:31
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
~ Proverbs 23:32
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
~ Proverbs 26:25
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
~ Proverbs 27:12
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
~ Proverbs 27:13
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
~ Proverbs 28:14
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
~ Proverbs 29:5
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
~ Ecclesiastes 8:3
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
~ Ecclesiastes 10:8
The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
~ Ecclesiastes 10:9
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
~ Ecclesiastes 10:11
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
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
~ Ecclesiastes 11:4
And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
~ Ecclesiastes 12:12
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
~ Isaiah 8:11