Löydetty 675 Tulokset: Folk Wisdom
Sound teaching is forgotten, where the wrong-doer is well spoken of; honest folk will still be up in arms. (Proverbs 28, 4)
A son’s wisdom is to obey his father’s teaching, not to shame him by keeping riotous company. (Proverbs 28, 7)
Wisdom he claims, that wealth has; yet there is many a poor man will put him down. (Proverbs 28, 11)
A fair sight it is, to see honest folk rejoicing; knaves’ rule is the people’s ruin. (Proverbs 28, 12)
When knaves flourish, all the world takes to hiding; come they by their end, thou shalt see honest folk abroad. (Proverbs 28, 28)
Glad the father’s heart, when the son takes wisdom for his mistress, nor spends on wantons his patrimony. (Proverbs 29, 3)
Rashness in a city ruins all; that madness, wisdom must turn aside. (Proverbs 29, 8)
Wisdom comes of reproof, comes of the rod; leave a child to go its own way, and a mother’s care is wasted. (Proverbs 29, 15)
What though the knowledge of man has passed me by, wisdom’s dull pupil, without skill in holy lore? (Proverbs 30, 3)
A bad breed, that has teeth sharp as swords, jaws that grind slowly on, till poor folk none are left, their friendless neighbours. (Proverbs 30, 14)
Ripe wisdom governs her speech, but it is kindly instruction she gives. (Proverbs 31, 26)
And therewith I applied my mind to a new study; what meant wisdom and learning, what meant ignorance and folly? And I found that this too was labour lost; (Ecclesiastes 1, 17)
