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The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22
— Deborah Smith
Life - with or without softener- is hard
— Kate Papas
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor (Proverbs 22:9).
— Anonymous
The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Proverbs 16:1
— Beth Moore
Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The precious gems are hidden, it is not easy to find them.
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih
Proverbs 18:22 says, He who finds a wife finds a good thing.
— James MacDonald
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
— Anonymous
Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. - PROVERBS 11:22
— Rachel Held Evans
Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ... and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.
— Francis Bacon
Going to upward is hard, facing downward is harder, that's why you have to be well prepared.
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.
— George Eliot
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
— Anonymous
If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. - Proverbs 25:21
— Gary Chapman
Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21
— Ben Carson
Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories - first carefully turning them inside out.
— G.K. Chesterton
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
— Samuel Palmer
A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
— Joyce Meyer
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
— Chinua Achebe
Cry is a sound in woman's ear; it is a volcano in man's heart.
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has" (Proverbs 21:20, NIV).
— Gary Chapman
A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. PROVERBS 1:5
— Stormie O'martian
A hot-tempered person starts fights; a cool-tempered person stops them. - Proverbs 15:18
— Gary Chapman
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
— Miguel De Cervantes
Proverbs 16:3 'Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.' A great reminder when planning out the school year.
— Tamara L. Chilver
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[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.
— Zora Neale Hurston
MISSION: Be excellent at what you do and you will stand before kings. Proverbs 22:29
— Bible. New International Version
Proverbs 20:7 "The righteous who walks in his integrity - blessed are his children after him!
— Andy Savage
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...consider how [the Proverbs] define success: the establishment of righteousness, justice and equity. (pg. 95)
— Ellen F. Davis
Death is the dance of Life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A knife may scar a body, but a careless word will wound a soul.
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
One of our sillier Zemblan proverbs says: the lost glove is happy. Promptly
— Vladimir Nabokov
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. - Proverbs 16:32
— Gary Chapman
It is the crow of the cock that announced the break of the dayMeaning: It is good to act in time ... ik — Ikechukwu Joseph
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21
— Beth Moore
People carry on whole conversations in proverbs. But they are not LIVING the proverbs.
— Idries Shah
Wisdom is a mother;proverbs are her offspring. — Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not how much you are paid that matters. But how much you get done that is most important.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9
— Charles R. Swindoll
Is there any riches like redemption?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Proverbs and truisms are for this reason dangerous, because they produce blindness or non-thought.
— Idries Shah
That which falls off a lorry belongs to he who follows the lorry.
— Michael De Larrabeiti
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him (Proverbs 22:15).
— Tedd Tripp
It is not work that kills, but "worry."
— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Rule no man other than your soul.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Proudness is from ignorance, humbleness is from wisdom
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.
— Mac Barnett
If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
— Pedro Martinez
Proverbs 29:23 23A man's pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
— Anonymous
The book of Proverbs makes the same point: Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him. (14.31)
— Marcus J. Borg
Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.
— Anonymous
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 NLT — Eddie Johnson
Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.
— Patricia C. Wrede
Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers ...
— Isaac D'Israeli
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
— E.A. Bucchianeri
Proverbs 21:30 (NIV). There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD ...
— Anonymous
Let the heart be thy heavens.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
PEOPLE DIE THEIR ENERGY DON'T! — Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier
We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.
— Rachel Held Evans
Proverbs 21:15 NIV:When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. — Anonymous
He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart. In
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Do a bit research before you plan.
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih
Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Okoye
— Chinua Achebe
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
— Anonymous
The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.
— Larry Herzberg
Short cuts make long delays.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
could tell that one of the Russian proverbs he loved was on the way. 'The only place with free cheese is a mousetrap
— A.D. Miller
Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.
— Larry Herzberg
In Proverbs 20:30, the Bible basically says it sometimes takes a painful experience to make us change our ways. And sometimes it does.
— Kyle Idleman
Pleasant words are a honeycomb;Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24) — Norma Vaughn Danzey
Proverbs 17:6 reminds grandparents, Children's children are a crown to the aged.
— Warren W. Wiersbe
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
— William R. Alger
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
— William Blake
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. (Proverbs 18:2)
— Jan Silvious
Proverbs 18:10, "The name of the LORD is a strong tower.
— James MacDonald
