Top 25 Proverbs 22 Quotes
#1. Our religious systems have taught us to "train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6) I couldn't disagree more. How about, "feed a child what it needs, so when it gets grows up, it will "be" its own unique unpredictably creative self.
Christopher Zzenn Loren
#2. Proverbs 22:3 says that "the prudent man sees the evil and hides himself." Sometimes physically removing yourself from a situation will help maintain boundaries. You can do this to replenish yourself physically, emotionally, and spiritually after you have given to your limit, as Jesus often did.
Henry Cloud
#3. He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor (Proverbs 22:9).
Anonymous
#4. 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
#5. Religious Jews are protected from serving creditors. One of the 613 mitzvah is not to borrow with interest (Deuteronomy 23:20). Unwise borrowing puts you in a position of servitude (Proverbs 22:7). Much
H.W. Charles
#7. Proverbs 18:22 says, He who finds a wife finds a good thing.
James MacDonald
#8. When misfortunes happen to such as dissent from us in matters of religion, we call them judgments; when to those of our own sect, we call them trials; when to persons neither way distinguished, we are content to attribute them to the settled course of things.
William Shenstone
#9. How, Dearest, wilt thou have me for most use?
A hope, to sing by gladly? or a fine
Sad memory, with thy songs to interfuse?
A shade, in which to sing - of palm or pine?
A grave, on which to rest from singing? Choose.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
#10. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones" (Proverbs 17:22).
Emmanuel N. Obu
#11. It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.
David Duchovny
#12. Religious Jews believe that all things come from God, as God owns everything. The Tanakh says, "The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up" (NLT, 1 Samuel 2:7). "The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it" (NIV, Proverbs 10:22).
H.W. Charles
#13. Fathers should display more kindness than other men their children are around. This is what their kids are longing to experience (Proverbs 19:22). Mothers should have words of kindness flowing from their lips (Proverbs 31:26).
Stephen Kendrick
#14. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 16:22 Bible KJV
#15. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. - PROVERBS 11:22
Rachel Held Evans
#17. The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22
Deborah Smith
#18. First Proverbs quote in "C, You Can Do It!" -
'What dainty morsels rumors are--but they sink deep into one's heart.'
Proverbs 26:22
Lynn Frances
#19. Proverbs 14:22-24 22 If you plan to do evil, you will be lost; if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness. 23 Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!
Anonymous
#20. 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
#21. Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
Anonymous
#22. If a man tries to steal your wife, the best form of revenge is to let him have her.
Rachel Abbott
#23. You don't have to choose between your faith and your sexuality. You're not alone, things will get better, and God loves you exactly the way you are.
Vicky Beeching
#24. the house seems the material equivalent of her uncle's inner being: apprehensive, isolated, but full of cobwebby wonders. In
Anthony Doerr
#25. A duplicitous country with a duplicitous leadership is going to give us more duplicity. And that duplicity is going lead us off an abyss. That's going to happen.
Matt Shea
