Quotes About Wisdom

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,í declares the Lord GOD.”

Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ëLike mother, like daughter.í

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ëThe fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edgeí?

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ëIs he not just telling parables?í”

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëRemove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Then the people asked me, “Wonít you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,