Quotes About Proverbs

It is foolish to spread a net where any bird can see it, but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives. Proverbs 1:17–18

The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Proverbs 16:1

A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. Proverbs 25:15

From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is satisfied; he is filled with the product of his lips. Proverbs 18:20

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit. Proverbs 15:13

What a man desires is unfailing love. Proverbs 19:22 (NIV)

A man will be satisfied with good by the words of his mouth, and the work of a man's hands will reward him. Proverbs 12:14

Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1

Pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings… . For they are life to those who find them, and health to one's whole body. Proverbs 4:20, 22

Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. PROVERBS 31:10-12

A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. PROVERBS 1:5

Instruye al niño en su camino, y aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de él. Proverbios 22:6

train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).

My grandmother used to always say, if you can't be on time, be early.

The proverbs of a nation furnish the index to its spirit and the results of its civilization.

Know this, too: You deserve love. Real, enduring love. Buckets of it. Love is the greatest high on Earth. But remember Proverbs 4:23: "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

A robin perched on the branch of the apple tree, his feathers ruffled, his red chest blazing. 'No need to look so down in the mouth,' he chirruped. 'Things'll get worse before they get better.' 'I don't know what it is about that tree,' Geno grumbled, 'that makes everything that sits in it talk in proverbs.' 'It's easier than thinking,' the robin stated.

Train children in the right way,              and when old, they will not stray. (Proverbs 22:6)

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. Proverbs 22:6

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

In ancient days, tradition says, When knowledge was much stinted— When few could teach and fewer preach, And books were not yet printed— What wise men thought, by prudence taught, They pithily expounded; And proverbs sage, from age to age, In every mouth abounded. O Blessings on the men of yore, Whom wisdom thus augmented, And left a store of easy lore For human use invented.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life." ~ Proverbs 13:12, C3rd BCE