Talált 213 Eredmények: precious stones

  • The woman of character, where is she to be found? She is more precious than any jewel. (Proverbs 31, 10)

  • A time for throwing stones, a time for gathering stones; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing. (Ecclesiastes 3, 5)

  • Wisdom is as precious as an inheritance; it is a blessing for those on whom the sun shines. (Ecclesiastes 7, 11)

  • he who quarries stones may be hurt by them and he who splits logs may be wounded; (Ecclesiastes 10, 9)

  • Because his soul was precious to the Lord, he was quickly removed from the wickedness around him. (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 14)

  • But unhappy, indeed, are those people who give to man-made artifacts the title of gods! Cursed is their hope in dead things, objects worked in gold and silver, likenesses of animals, and even useless stones carved long ago! (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 10)

  • In this way the image became a pitfall for the living, for people bent down, either by misfortune or tyranny, gave to stones and wood the incommunicable Name. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)

  • For the whole world was represented on his flowing robe, the glorious names of the fathers on the four rows of stones, and your majesty engraved on the diadem on his head. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 24)

  • Her yoke will become an ornament of gold and her chains like precious girdles of hyacinth blue. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 30)

  • Building a house with borrowed money is like collecting stones for your own tomb. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 8)

  • Whoever throws stones at birds scares them off; reproach a friend and you will kill the friendship. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 20)

  • Just as the stake is settled between two stones, so sin wedges itself between buying and selling. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 2)


“A ingenuidade e’ uma virtude, mas apenas ate certo ponto; ela deve sempre ser acompanhada da prudência. A astúcia e a safadeza, por outro lado, são diabólicas e podem causar muito mal.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina