Löydetty 675 Tulokset: Folk Wisdom

• The simpleton takes all on trust; wisdom considers each step. (A treacherous son no part shall have; better shall a wise servant thrive and prosper.✻ ) (Proverbs 14, 15)

• In the discerning heart, wisdom finds a resting-place; even among fools it can impart learning.✻ (Proverbs 14, 33)

• A father well content, a mother slighted, tell of a son’s wisdom or mortal folly. (Proverbs 15, 20)

• It is the fear of the Lord teaches the lessons of wisdom; humility goes first, and honour comes in her train. (Proverbs 15, 33)

• The king’s frown is death at thy door; wisdom will appease it; (Proverbs 16, 14)

• Not of gold or silver be thy hoard; make wisdom thine, discernment thine, more precious than these. (Proverbs 16, 16)

• Better a humble lot among peaceful folk, than all the spoil a tyrant’s friendship can bring thee. (Proverbs 16, 19)

• Wisdom distils from heart to mouth, and lends the lips persuasion. (Proverbs 16, 23)

• Little the fool’s wealth avails; he may not buy wisdom if he would. (Build high, and court thy ruin; despise learning, and thou shalt come to mischief.✻ ) (Proverbs 17, 16)

• Wisdom is a beacon-light to the discerning; the fool’s eyes roam this way and that, as wide as earth. (Proverbs 17, 24)

• Man’s utterance has currents like the waters that run deep; from wisdom’s well flows a stream in full flood.✻ (Proverbs 18, 4)

• as thou lovest thy life get wisdom; discernment at thy side, thou shalt speed well. (Proverbs 19, 8)