Quotes About Wisdom

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spiderís web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ëWhere is the good way?í Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ëWe will not walk in it!í