Quotes About Wisdom

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecaiís command, as she had done under his care.

When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecaiís behalf.

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,

When Estherís words were relayed to Mordecai,

Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the kingís entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

ëCan a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?í

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.