Quotes About Teaching

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

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

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

My son, keep your fatherís commandment, and do not forsake your motherís teaching.

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

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

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

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

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

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

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.