Quotes About Understanding

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

It is better to heed a wise manís rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.