Quotes About The Book Of Proverbs

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. The book of Proverbs makes the same point: Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him. (14.31)

Marcus J. Borg

#4. A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.

Andrew Hudgins

#5. 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

#6. He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

Solomon

#7. My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going through. It hits me every time I read it. I've always read Proverbs regularly because it helps me deal with what's happening every day in real life.

Torii Hunter

#8. Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing

Bart Conner

#9. 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

#10. Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

St. Jerome

#11. I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

Ray Comfort

#12. In Proverbs, a wisdom book of the Hebrew Scriptures, a cat would find a few "wisdom" passages as noxious as the Garden of Eden passages. Again the symbology of fruit being eaten

Leviak B. Kelly

#13. I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper.

Ridley Pearson

#14. It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to work with so many dedicated SEC staff who strive every day to protect investors and ensure our markets operate with integrity.

Mary Schapiro

#15. Maybe you don't need to do this. Maybe this isn't your moment. But if you do feel the pull of the eternal, then you can't stay away from it.

Frederick Lenz

#16. Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#17. I actually carry a little picture of a wolf in my wallet, rather like people carry a picture of their kids. The reason I do that is to remind myself why I'm doing this, to remind myself of the story.

Michelle Paver

#18. Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7 NLT

Eddie Johnson

#19. Long John Silver unearthed a very competent man for a mate, a man named Arrow.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#20. If you see a black woman with an overweight white man, you know she got effed up credit!

Chris Rock

#21. Scripture said that "pride goes before fall". Just let pride go alone. Don't go in its company, else fall pursues both of you!

Israelmore Ayivor

#22. Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson