Proverbs Archives - Jewish Quotations

"Slothfulness casts you into deep slumber." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:15

"It is better to be humble with the lowly than to share spoils with the proud." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 16:19

"A gift given in secret averts wrath." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 21:14

"Give strong drink to the lost and wine to those in dire distress!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 31:6

"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 16:18

"Rather a poor man than a liar. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:22

"A man without self-control is like a city stormed and its walls shattered." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 25:28

"If you return evil for good, evil will not depart from your house. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:13

"Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is unfitting for fools." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:1

"Who slanders is a fool." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 10:18

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you, too, be like him! " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:4

"Diverse weights and diverse measures are an abomination to the Lord." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:10