Quotes About Proverbs

The contrariety of human nature is a subject that has given a surprising amount of occupation to makers of proverbs and to those moral philosophers who make it their province to discover and expound the glaringly obvious; and especially have they been concerned to enlarge upon that form of perverseness which engenders dislike of things offered under compulsion, and arouses desire of them as soon as their attainment becomes difficult or impossible.

Douglas Thornton [an English Christian missionary to Cairo, Egypt with the Church Missionary Society from 1898-1907] was often more amusing than he tried to be. He had a delightful way of mixing up two kindred proverbs or idioms. Once he told his companions that he always had two strings up his sleeve. They then asked him if he had another card to his bow. Such exchanges enliven heavy committee eetings and create wholesome laughter.

Cease, my son, to hear the teaching that induces one to deviate from the reasons of wisdom. – Prov. 19:27)

The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.'" (Prov. 3:35)

Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the godly.

When having a goal takes your focus off God and His daily intentions for you, it can cause trouble. Proverbs

Humility isn't a place of weakness but rather a position that will come with honor (Proverbs 18:12).

Jesus does put radical demands before people, but so did Isaiah and so does Proverbs. The New Testament is new in the same way that Isaiah was new or that Genesis was new over against Exodus.21 While there are statements Jesus makes that no prophet or wise teacher could have made, these are statements such as the "I am" declarations in John's Gospel; they relate to his being the incarnate one and the Savior.

A man's heart reflects the man . . . Proverbs 27:19

man's heart reflects the man . . . Proverbs 27:19 However, the spiritual world cannot be made suburban. It is always frontier, and we who live in it must accept and even rejoice that it remains untamed. Howard Macey

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.

Answer a fool according to his folly" (Proverbs 26:4).

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life.

Cantonese will eat anything in the sky but airplanes, anything in the sea but submarines, and anything with four legs but the table.

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.

My dad used to say the best place to look for sympathy was somewhere between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.

King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives, With many, many lady friends And many, many wives; But when old age crept over them, With many, many qualms, King Solomon wrote the Proverbs And King David wrote the Psalms.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path. -Proverbs 23:18-19

God's work is accomplished when we use the resources given to us. He wants us to use our resources but not put our trust in them. While it's true that hardworking hands bring wealth, it's also true that only the Lord's blessing brings it. As Solomon said, "the blessing of the LORD brings wealth" (Proverbs 10:22).

He who brings trouble to his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise Proverbs 11:29