Quotes About Reflection

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

For a manís ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

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

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.