Quotes About Proverbs

You know, Maneck, the human face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no room for crying.' 'What a nice saying,' he answered

He went through the week cautioning himself with proverbs taught by Eliza, such as "Pride goeth before a fall," and this spiritual self-scrutiny intensified with his growing wealth.

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

Blood is thicker than water. That's what they say. But in truth, most things are.

Let's look at one such creative counterpart described many years ago in the book of Proverbs. There are many outstanding, godly women mentioned throughout the Bible, but this woman received special praise: Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all (Proverbs 31:29). Who was this woman who did more than Deborah, the military adviser, or Ruth, the woman of constancy, or Esther, the queen who risked her life for her people? She was a wife and mother like you and me!

words of the reckless pierce like swords,             but the tongue of the wise brings healing. (Proverbs 12:18, NIV)

There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.

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Los proverbios morales son asombrosamente útiles en los casos en que, por mucho que lo intentemos, no se nos ocurre nada para justificarnos.

Who knows but that all the men to whom reference has been made, and a multitude of others who lived in by-gone ages borrowed their wise sayings from the talk of the firesides and the conversations of the market places; so that the origin of many proverbs now flippantly quoted in the converse of men is lost in the mists of forgotten centuries.

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

Take Proverbs 16:32, for example: 'He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. PROVERBS 3:3

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.

The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.

There is no more dangerous gift to posterity than a few cleverly turned platitudes.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" (Prov. 15:1;

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life" (Prov. 4:23 KJV).

Proverbs says, "A man may plan his ways, but God directs his steps." God is going to give you the right desires, at the right time, and lead you into the best path for your life.

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 AMPC

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.