Quotes About Wisdom

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighborís hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

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

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

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

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

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

So is he who sleeps with another manís wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.