Quotes About Proverbs

Finally, for research like this, the quality of the translators is crucial. Kirundi is a language of allusion and proverbs: information is conveyed between the lines, hinted at, but rarely expressed directly. The challenge is also social: the translator is the front-line person who interacts with the interviewees, making the connection, maintaining the social aspects of the relation, putting people at ease.

Because I have called and you refused, 24 I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, Because you disdained all my counsel, 25 And would have none of my rebuke, I also will laugh at your calamity; 26 I will mock when your terror comes, When your terror comes like a storm, 27 And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Proverbs 1:23-27

Fools repeat the proverb

Our proverbs are sacred and correct.

Proverbs in conversation are torches in darkness.

The wise makes proverbs, and fools repeat them.

The temple was the Jewish people's stronghold and refuge. Solomon had built it and had spoken profound proverbs. Jonah was the messenger to the Gentile nations and had survived three days of what should have been certain death. Jesus here was saying that he was greater and had a greater message than all three.

Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found

Gold's father was five feet two and subject to unexpected attacks of wisdom. 'Make money!' he might shout suddenly, apropos of nothing, and his stepmother would add liturgically, 'You should all listen to your father.'   

A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. Proverbs 18:21

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad. PROVERBS 12:25

In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. PROVERBS 3: 6

Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge. PROVERBS 23:12

I shall find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man. —PROVERBS 3:4

A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. PROVERBS 17:22

From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. PROVERBS 16:23–24 NLT

Desarrolle el hábito de reconocer a Dios en todos sus caminos, y entonces Él dirigirá sus pasos (Proverbios 3: 6).

From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good. PROVERBS 12:14

Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding." Proverbs 3:5

There is a southern proverb—fine words butter no parsnips.

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.''3 Allow God to speak that apt word to you by focusing on one main thought from your daily reading—not five, ten, or a baker's dozen. One thing.

The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at.

La sabiduría es lo primero. ¡Adquiere sabiduría! Por sobre todas las cosas, adquiere discernimiento. Estima a la sabiduría, y ella te exaltará; abrázala, y ella te honrará; te pondrá en la cabeza una hermosa diadema; te obsequiará una bella corona. PROVERBIOS 4:7-9 Un cuidadoso estudio del libro de Proverbios revela que la sabiduría es el arte diligentemente adquirido para vivir con destreza.