Prov'd Quotes

#1. 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

#2. 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.

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#3. 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

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

Henry Cloud

#5. Strange, isn't it, that warfare has come down to fencing with complicated toys that only a few seedy scholars can make or understand.

Herman Wouk

#6. Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

Elayne Boosler

#7. Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.

Richard Hofstadter

#8. 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

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

Andy Stanley

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

Anonymous

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

Anonymous

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

Max Weber

#14. 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

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

Henry Cloud

#16. I like interesting myself in the lives of others. God put these people in my life for a reason. Maybe for my learning. Hopefully to help them. I like it when I can help. My heart aches for those who suffer and walk a difficult path.

Kirn Hans

#17. The best investment you will ever make is investing in your best self.

Robin S. Sharma

#18. 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

#19. 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

#20. I'm yours, if you'll have me.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#21. 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

#22. 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

#23. She has learned to love. To fear. To hate. And then to love again. Through it all, she writes." ~Once Upon A Time There Was A Girl

Kimberly Kinrade

#24. Think about trailers you see in theaters. If you're seeing a Warner Bros film, the studio might have three of the five trailers. So having a hit helps you create the next hit.

Anita Elberse

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

Alexander Strauch

#26. 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

#27. My heart is flooded with love. Drowning is the way to go.

Amanda Mosher

#28. See with your mind, Speak with your heart,
Touch with your eyes, Love with your entire being.

B.J. Neblett

#29. 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

#30. I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

Dennis Banks

#31. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think .." (Ephesians 3:20) Our

Val Waldeck

#32. 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

#33. 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

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

Dave Ramsey

#35. I was scared I was going to have some weird shape to my head and I was pleased that I didn't.

Edward Furlong

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

Peter W. Gosnell

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

Scotty Smith

#38. Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100 bill adulation and $1,000 canonization.

Nicholas Pileggi

#39. 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

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

Scotty Smith

#41. 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

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

Joel Osteen

#43. 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