Found 315 Results for: Wisdom

  • Reflect on the statutes of the Lord, and meditate at all times on his commandments. It is he who will give insight to your mind, and your desire for wisdom will be granted. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 37)

  • Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord, nor display your wisdom before the king. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 5)

  • Do not make a display of your wisdom when you do your work, nor glorify yourself at a time when you are in want. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 26)

  • The wisdom of a humble man will lift up his head, and will seat him among the great. (Ecclesiasticus 12, 1)

  • Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom and who reasons intelligently. (Ecclesiasticus 15, 20)

  • Pursue wisdom like a hunter, and lie in wait on her paths. (Ecclesiasticus 15, 22)

  • The man who fears the Lord will do this, and he who holds to the law will obtain wisdom. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 1)

  • She will feed him with the bread of understanding, and give him the water of wisdom to drink. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 3)

  • For a hymn of praise should be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 10)

  • For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything; (Ecclesiasticus 16, 18)

  • Every intelligent man knows wisdom, and he praises the one who finds her. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 28)

  • All wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and in all wisdom there is the fulfilment of the law. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 20)


“Menosprezai vossas tentações e não vos demoreis nelas. Imaginai estar na presença de Jesus. O crucificado se lança em vossos braços e mora no vosso coração. Beijai-Lhe a chaga do lado, dizendo: ‘Aqui está minha esperança; a fonte viva da minha felicidade. Seguro-vos, ó Jesus, e não me aparto de vós, até que me tenhais posto a salvo’”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina