Top 100 Proverbs To Quotes
#1. I always think it is kind of funny when it comes to wisdom, and I say God has a sense of humor, because my middle name is Solomon, and I love the Book of Proverbs which is written by Solomon, and I have read from the Book of Proverbs to start and end every day since I was 14.
Benjamin Carson
#2. Cut out some of your "important social engagements," and make your home the center of your social life. God will honor you, and your children will grow up to call you "blessed" [Proverbs 31:28].
Billy Graham
#4. I quit being a VS model to be a Proverbs 31 wife.
Kylie Bisutti
#5. Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. - Proverbs 16:32
Gary Chapman
#6. We aren't going to choose paths of wisdom if we don't trust the One who has marked out those paths for us. Fear of the Lord is trust in the Lord
Lydia Brownback
#7. Some people come into your life as blessings, and others come in your life as lessons. You are both to me.
Christy Pastore
#8. 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
#9. Indeed, it has to be said that the percentage of old human sayings and proverbs that are actually true is very far from 100 percent. Seems it may be less important that it be true than that it rhyme, or show alliteration or the like. What goes around comes around: really? What does this mean?
Kim Stanley Robinson
#10. Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
John Bunyan
#11. Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.
George Eliot
#12. Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
Anonymous
#13. If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. - Proverbs 25:21
Gary Chapman
#14. A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. PROVERBS 11:28
Rick Warren
#15. God reveals Himself to us through Scripture and His creation; if we can't discern His will, the revelation serves no-purpose. Thus, God has given us knowledge (Proverbs 2:6). Since humans have limited capacity for all knowledge, He has also given us the ultimate gift--faith.
Samuel C. Tseng
#16. Do you know Eastern proverbs?
"Unskilled guns, but ... The more guns, the likely they will hit ... "
I've got plenty of Akuma to go around.
Katsura Hoshino
#17. Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Leo Rosten
#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. Proverbs 15:20-21 20 Sensible children bring joy to their father; foolish children despise their mother. 21 Foolishness brings joy to those with no sense; a sensible person stays on the right path.
Anonymous
#21. He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs
Solomon
#22. 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
#23. The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.
Charles Spurgeon
#24. 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
#25. Proverbs 19:10-12 10 It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes! 11 Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs. 12 The king's anger is like a lion's roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Anonymous
#27. For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: It is unlucky to marry in May.
Ovid
#28. Mind, Sancho, I do not say that a proverb aptly brought in is objectionable; but to pile up and string together proverbs at random makes conversation dull and vulgar.
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
#30. In the same way, people who sleep when they should be working are testing God. Because God promised to take care of them, they assume that God will find a way. But in Proverbs, God told them to work: "Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth" (Proverbs 10:4).
Martin Luther
#31. Proverbs 1:5 states, "Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance." Success is born out of the willingness to listen and learn and to observe and absorb.
Antipas L. Harris
#32. The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.
John C. Maxwell
#33. Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. Proverbs 1:3
Livingstone
#34. 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
#35. 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
#37. All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
S. Ansky
#38. I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
Billy Graham
#39. Proverbs 31:27: She looketh well to the way of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Sandra Dallas
#40. The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? PROVERBS 20:24 NLT
Joel Osteen
#41. The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. PROVERBS 18:21 NLT
Various
#42. Yet as the proverb says, 'In vino veritas,' whether with boys, or without them (In allusion to two proverbs.); and therefore I must speak.
Plato
#43. You never get to the end of Christ's words. There is something in them always behind. They pass into proverbs
they pass into laws
they pass into doctrines
they pass into consolations; but they never pass away, and, after all the use that is made of them, they are still not exhausted.
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
#44. 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
#45. The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God's peace to you.
Sherryl Woods
#46. If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
Pedro Martinez
#47. You must act as if it's impossible to fail.
Ashanti
#48. 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
#49. People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.
Oscar Wilde
#50. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chamber of death." Proverbs 7:24-27 KJV
Harry James Fox
#51. But such is life, the silliest proverbs prove to be true, and when a man thinks, now it's all right, it's not all right by a longshot. Man proposes, God disposes, and there's always that last straw to break the camel's back.
Alfred Doblin
#52. There are proverbs about frying pans and fires that I might have quoted to myself, but I preferred to adapt a different one to my purposes: better the devil that would attack everyone impartially than the devil specifically looking to kill us.
Marie Brennan
#53. Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21
Ben Carson
#54. Going to upward is hard, facing downward is harder, that's why you have to be well prepared.
Kamaran Ihsan Salih
#55. One of the falsest of proverbs is that you must lie on the bed that you have made. The experience of life shows that people are constantly doing things which must lead to disaster, and yet by come chance manage to evade the result of their folly.
W. Somerset Maugham
#56. Whatever we focus our attention on is what will dominate our thoughts (Proverbs 23:7). If our thoughts are dominated by the things of this world then we are going to get worldly results in our lives. We need to focus on God to get godly results.
Andrew Wommack
#57. It says somewhere - in the Book of Proverbs, I think - that lying lips are abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his delight. I considered my words carefully before I spoke them.
Alan Bradley
#58. 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
#60. How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver (Proverbs 16:16 NKJV).
T.D. Jakes
#61. 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
#65. He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done. PROVERBS 19:17
Joel Osteen
#66. It was huge to read the Proverbs of the day every morning, it was huge to read the Psalm of the day every morning and to get that in us and get us going before the day even started.
Tim Tebow
#67. We never get over our fathers, and we're not required to. (Irish Proverb)
Martin Sheen
#68. Let Me love you and show you what you deserve. Give me the opportunity to mold you into the woman you are to become. Allow me to show you what qualities you must possess to be that woman of integrity in Proverbs 31. Learn to love me with your full heart. Learn to accept pure love without
Olivia Stith
#69. As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels looked like torment and insanity, I collected some proverbs
William Blake
#70. The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.
John Hay
#71. Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists' shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription.
Richard Whately
#73. When it comes to yourself, follow God's formula-
deny yourself of overindulgence (Proverbs 23:2 and 30:8),
examine yourself for any sinful habits (1 Corinthians 11:28),
% exercise yourself to godliness (1 Timothy 4:7), and
IK- develop self-control (Galatians 5:23).
Elizabeth George
#75. A little bump in the road is just a bump. There's more ahead until you reach your destination.
China Cancio
#76. The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. Proverbs 16:1
Beth Moore
#77. Proverbs 12:15 says, "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice." The
Matt Chandler
#78. A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger."
Gary Smalley
#80. Proverbs 16 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue. All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans ...
Bible. New International Version
#81. Proverbs 21:15 NIV:
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Anonymous
#82. If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
Thomas Pynchon
#83. Proverbs for Paranoids, 2: The innocence of the creatures is in inverse proportion to the immorality of the Master.
Thomas Pynchon
#84. Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed." (Proverbs 16:3).
Bible
#85. The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.
Beth Moore
#86. Psalms teaches us how to relate to God, and Proverbs teaches us how to relate to others.
Billy Graham
#87. The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.
Samuel Adams
#88. We've made a kind of game of it, Freddy," said Mrs. Wiggins, "since we heard about your Mr. Camphor. We think up proverbs and then try them out. Most of them seem to be wrong. Like 'A cat can look at a king.
Walter R. Brooks
#89. As the late earl said, 'The early bird catches birds of a like feather,'" she said.
I nodded, not even trying to understand how that would work. At the very least, the combination of proverbs made it somewhat original.
Tarun Shanker
#90. Never abandon a friend - either yours or your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance. It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away. - Proverbs 27:10
Gary Chapman
#91. Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1
Beth Moore
#93. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Anonymous
#94. Proverbs 18:8 8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Anonymous
#95. I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words.
Gretchen Rubin
#96. Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
Jules Verne
#97. 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
#98. I continue to do something I've done since I was 18, and that is read a chapter of Proverbs every day as part of my daily devotion. I still maintain that.
Mike Huckabee
#99. 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
#100. It is the crow of the cock that announced the break of the day
Meaning: It is good to act in time ... ik
Ikechukwu Joseph
