Löydetty 334 Tulokset: Wise Counsel

• Wise utterance wins favour; the fool that opens his mouth does but ruin himself, (Ecclesiastes 10, 12)

• Sharp goads they are to sting us, sharp nails driven deep home, these wise words left to us by many masters, but all echoing one shepherd’s voice. (Ecclesiastes 12, 11)

• The hidden counsel of the godless will all come to light; no word of it but reaches the divine hearing, and betrays their wicked design; (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 9)

• A seniority there is that claims reverence, owing nothing to time, not measured by the lapse of years; count a man grey-haired when he is wise, (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 8)

• Withhold it? Nay, the pale miser that grudges his store was never friend of mine; no such character befits the wise. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 25)

• God’s gift it is, if speech answers to thought of mine, and thought of mine to the message I am entrusted with. Who else can shew wise men the true path, check them when they stray? (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 15)

• But to be master of myself was a thing I could not hope to come by, except of God’s bounty; I was wise enough already to know whence the gift came. So to the Lord I turned, and made my request of him, praying with all my heart in these words following: (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 21)

• For her, no secret, no riddle is too dark; her prudent counsel will be my guide, the fame of her my protection. (Wisdom of Solomon 9, 11)

• Buried her roots beyond all search, wise her counsels beyond all knowing; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 6)

• Wouldst thou be wise, the first step is fear of the Lord; to his chosen servants, a gift connatural from the womb; it goes with holy motherhood, and where his true worshippers are, shews manifest. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 16)

• praise shall be upon every lip for the wise thought that checked, for a while, her utterance. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 30)

• Submissive be thy heart, and ready to bear all; to wise advice lend a ready ear, and be never hasty when ill times befall thee. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 2)