Quotes About Decision

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ëWhere is the good way?í Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ëWe will not walk in it!í

So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ëCome, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.í So we have remained in Jerusalem.”

But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ëIf you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.

Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.

The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.