The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 11)
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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. IV, v. 7)
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 17)
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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, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. V, v. 3-5)
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 27)
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 6)
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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, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 9-11)
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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, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. VII, v. 18-19)
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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, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. VII, v. 22)
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The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. X, v. 15)
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XI, v. 15)
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As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XI, v. 22)
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A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XII, v. 10)
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Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XII, v. 22)
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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 12)
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The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 19)
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XIII, v. 24)
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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XIV, v. 13)
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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XIX, v. 1)
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XV, v. 13)
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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Proverbs
Quotes, by Bible , Source: Proverbs (ch. XV, v. 17)
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