Löydetty 675 Tulokset: Folk Wisdom

• Hear now how wisdom speaks in her own regard, of the honour God has given her, of the boast she utters among the nation that is hers. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 1)

• Who but he✻ can make wisdom flow, deep as the stream Phison sends down, or Tigris, in the spring; (Ecclesiasticus 24, 35)

• He it was that first attained to wisdom’s secret, never since made known to any less than himself; (Ecclesiasticus 24, 38)

• From me rivers flow, says Wisdom, deep rivers. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 40)

• My teaching shall yet flow on, faithful as prophecy, heirloom to all such as make wisdom their quest, and to their children yet, until the holy days come. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 46)

• See how I have toiled, not for my own sake merely, but for all such as covet wisdom! (Ecclesiasticus 24, 47)

• wisdom for the old, discernment for senators, and the gift of counsel! (Ecclesiasticus 25, 7)

• Happy is he that wisdom gains and skill; yet is he no match for one who fears the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 13)

• Unfailing as the sun is the wisdom of a devout mind; moon and fool change continually. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 12)

• Quick temper sets feuds a-raging, and wicked men there are that will embroil fast friends, and stir up strife among folk that lived at peace. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 11)

• Yet I would have thee patient with needy folk; do not keep them waiting for thy charity; (Ecclesiasticus 29, 11)

• no need for thy words to flow when none is listening, for thy wisdom to be displayed unseasonably. (Ecclesiasticus 32, 6)