Bible Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

827 Famous Quotes by Bible
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Acts (ch. XX, v. 35)
“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. I, v. 18)
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. I, v. 9)
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. III, v. 1-8)
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 10)
“The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 11)
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. IV, v. 7)
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 17)
“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. V, v. 3-5)
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 27)
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 6)
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 9-11)
“Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. VII, v. 18-19)
“He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. VII, v. 22)
“The destruction of the poor is their poverty.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. X, v. 15)
“He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XI, v. 15)
“As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XI, v. 22)
“A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XII, v. 10)
“Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XII, v. 22)
“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XII, v. 4)
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 12)
“The way of transgressors is hard.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 15)
“The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 19)
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 24)
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Proverbs (ch. XIV, v. 13)