Proverbs 9 Quotes

#1. The heartfelt counsel of a friend is sweet as perfume and incense. - Proverbs 27:9

Gary Chapman

#2. The work is plentiful but the labours are few.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#3. Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.

George Eliot

#4. The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs
he will give the devil his due.

William Shakespeare

#5. The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ.

Graeme Goldsworthy

#6. He had a penchant for idioms, sayings, proverbs and the like; some of which he invented or used in a way that was incomprehensible to me,

Javier Marias

#7. Proverbs 19:8-9 8 To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. 9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.

Anonymous

#8. He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor (Proverbs 22:9).

Anonymous

#9. Proverbs 23:7 says that as a person thinks in his heart, so is he.

Joyce Meyer

#10. Steer your boat with justice: forge
A tongue on truth's anvil.

Pindar

#11. A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9 NKJV

Joel Osteen

#12. Self-help and those stupid proverbs, they do nothing. Soul food? It's like trying to cure starvation with a sugar cube. It might taste sweet on the lips but once it dissolves, the emptiness is still there.

C. Sean McGee

#13. No matter how big a hen's hut is, it must bow to enter

Ikechukwu Joseph

#14. I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best way to say what needs to be said. I teach them to my students. I have a collection of proverbs for class discussion and writing assignments.

Marva Collins

#15. Few promises are more circled in my Bible than Proverbs 16:9: In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Mark Batterson

#16. Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Bible KJV

#17. In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. PROVERBS 16:9

Mark Batterson

#18. Proverbs 23:9 9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#19. PROVERBS 1:7-9 ENGAGE 1:7 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but foolsa despise wisdom and instruction. 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

Anonymous

#20. The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9

Charles R. Swindoll