Quotes About Proverbs

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. —Proverbs 13:12

It is foolish to belittle one's neighbor; a sensible person keeps quiet. —Proverbs 11:12

Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. —Proverbs 12:25

Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, "Like mother, like daughter." —Ezekiel 16:44

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is sweet as perfume and incense. —Proverbs 27:9

If you can help your neighbor now, don't say, "Come back tomorrow, and then I'll help you." —Proverbs 3:28

It is a sin to belittle one's neighbor; blessed are those who help the poor. —Proverbs 14:21

If if's and and's were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers.

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.

anxiety and subsequent panic attacks were the result of being conflicted between the fear of the Lord and the fear of man. Proverbs 29:25 says, "The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.

Sing before breakfast you'll cry 'before night

Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away.

A slack hand causes poverty. But the hand of the diligent makes rich (Proverbs 10:4). That is what the scripture says. So, it is up to you. Do you prefer to keep to your pride and then end up achieving nothing? Or are you ready to swallow your pride and then emerge a success eventually? The choice is always yours. But, never forget. The collision of preparation and opportunity is what generates an offspring called genuine success. -Emeasoba George

Hard work is advisable and encouraging too. But, mind you it does not really make anybody rich. Yes! it is God's blessing that actually makes a person rich. Hard work adds less or nothing to it (Proverbs 10:22). -Emeasoba George

Al gallego no se le pesca con anzuelo de aire

Only when the last tree has been cut down and the last river has dried up will man realize that reciting red indian proverbs makes you sound like a fucking muppet.

Only when the last tree has been cut down and the last river has dried up will man realise that reciting red indian proverbs makes you sound like a fucking muppet.

Esto parece haber dado a entender la divina escriptura en los proverbios de Salomón: Rex, qui sedet in solio judicii, dissipat omne malum in tuitu suo [El Rey que está sentado en el solio del juicio disipa todo mal con su mirada]. Porque

All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. —PROVERBS 17:22

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!—PROVERBS 16:16

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. PROVERBS 3 : 6