Quotes About Understanding

Listen, my sons, to a fatherís instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.