Quotes About Nobility

Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.

By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

A wife of noble character is her husbandís crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zionís nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.