Quotes About Wisdom

True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ëMan shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.í”

Jesus replied, “It is also written: ëDo not put the Lord your God to the test.í”

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,

and He began to teach them, saying:

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is Godís throne;

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

How can you say to your brother, ëLet me take the speck out of your eye,í while there is still a beam in your own eye?

You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brotherís eye.

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheepís clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.