Prov Quotes

#1. Fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Prov. 1:7), but it is the nature of true godliness, maturity, and health in church members to accept the loving instruction and rebuke of others.

Thabiti M. Anyabwile

#2. The disposition of the heart is man's, but the preparation of the tongue is the Lord's." [Prov. 16:1, 9, conflated.] It is an absurd folly that miserable men take it upon themselves to act without God, when they cannot even speak except as he wills!

John Calvin

#3. He establishes every purpose by counsel (Prov. 20:18). God, indeed, uses carnal men to very good service, but without a thorough altering and conviction of their judgment. He works by them, but not in them. Therefore they do neither approve the good they do nor hate the evil they abstain from.

Richard Sibbes

#4. Parents have the obligation to instruct their children. "Raise up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6).

Ginny Seuffert

#5. Psalm 107:2 says, "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so." The Scriptures tell us that death and life are in the power of our words (Prov. 18:21). Think about that - death and life are released by what we say. Make sure the words you speak are life-producing words. S

Dutch Sheets

#6. Hope deferred makes the heart sick (Prov. 13:12).

Henry Cloud

#7. People with boundary problems usually have distorted attitudes about responsibility. They feel that to hold people responsible for their feelings, choices, and behaviors is mean. However, Proverbs repeatedly says that setting limits and accepting responsibility will save lives (Prov. 13:18, 24).

Henry Cloud

#8. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings (Prov. xxii. 29).

Max Weber

#9. We need only reflect on what has been prov'd at large, that we are never sensible of any connexion betwixt causes and effects, and that 'tis only by our experience of their constant conjunction, we can arrive at any knowledge of this relation.

David Hume

#10. If you chance to fall into any kind of dispute with a friend, do not despise him for this reason, nor betray his confidences. Prov.

Unknown

#11. If you keep the law of God, you are not described in Scripture as a pinched legalist, but rather as happy (Prov. 29:18).

Douglas Wilson

#12. God purposely hides truth so that only a worthy seeker can discover the hidden treasures of His Word (Prov. 25:2).

Anonymous

#13. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Prov. 3:6)

Andy Stanley

#14. Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

Beth Moore

#15. true intimacy is only built around the freedom to disagree: "He who conceals his hatred has lying lips" (Prov. 10:18).

Henry Cloud

#16. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children (Prov. 13:22 NKJV). I

Dave Ramsey

#17. When pride comes, then comes dishonor, but with the humble is wisdom (Prov. 11:2;

Alexander Strauch

#18. I've been told a million times that I should do a Pantene ProV commercial because my hair is really shiny and long and healthy and I have a lot of it.

Tiffany Dupont

#19. Where in the Bible are we told in one verse not to do a thing and in the next to do it?

'Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.' Prov. xxvi. 4.

'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' Prov. xxvi. 5.

Samuel Grant Oliphant

#20. II. Their people are an excellent and happy people. God has renewed them, and instamped his own image upon them, and made them partakers of his holiness. They are more excellent than their neighbors, Prov. xii. 26.

Jonathan Edwards

#21. A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. Prov 18:2

Peter W. Gosnell

#22. Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. (Prov. 17:9)

Scotty Smith

#23. High and holy ambition
to be a saint
is not opposed to holy humility
total reliance on God's grace. Exactly the opposite. Ambition without humility is ambition that fails. It is pride, which goes before a fall (Prov 16:18). Humility without ambition is false humility.

Peter Kreeft

#24. The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. (Prov. 12:18 NIV)

Scotty Smith

#25. Where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation of the flesh of the Lord: for the true Wisdom did not dwell in another's building, but built for Itself that dwelling-place from the body of the Virgin.

Gregory Of Nyssa

#26. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Prov. 4:23 KJV).

Joel Osteen

#27. Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.

Max Anders

#28. PROV 1.7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Anonymous

#29. A Best Yes is a wise yes. The Bible reminds us, "Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life" (Prov. 19:20 NLT).

Lysa TerKeurst

#30. Life is never ordinary, it is always a wonder, it is always magical.

Debasish Mridha

#31. After Connie and I broke up, I played a little game with myself out on the streets of Manhattan. It was called Things Could Be Worse. Things could be worse, I said to myself, I could be that guy.

Joshua Ferris

#32. I tried to put my left arm around him too, but the vase of flowers in my hand tipped and peed water on my floor. Did I know how to do romance or what?

Devon Monk

#33. three of us who worked together on this book. When Bill Craig of LifeWay

Selma Wilson

#34. Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

Henry Lawson

#35. When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.

Terence McKenna