Found 315 Results for: Wisdom

• But the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence where sinners take counsel. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 22)

• There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 23)

• Hidden wisdom and unseen treasure, what advantage is there in either of them? (Ecclesiasticus 21, 30)

• Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 31)

• Whoever keeps the law controls his thoughts, and wisdom is the fulfilment of the fear of the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 11)

• Like a house that has vanished, so is wisdom to a fool; and the knowledge of the ignorant is unexamined talk. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 18)

• Like music in mourning is a tale told at the wrong time, but chastising and discipline are wisdom at all times. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 6)

• O that whips were set over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my mind! That they may not spare me in my errors, and that it may not pass by my sins; (Ecclesiasticus 24, 2)

• Wisdom will praise herself, and will glory in the midst of her people. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 1)

• It fills men with wisdom, like the Pishon, and like the Tigris at the time of the first fruits. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 25)

• How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men! (Ecclesiasticus 26, 5)

• How great is he who has gained wisdom! But there is no one superior to him who fears the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 10)