Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Proverbs.
Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (NRSV 1:7) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (K...
Morality and Ethics Quotes
"[…] [M]y child, do not walk in their way, keep your foot from their paths; for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood. For in vain is the net baited while the bird is looking on; y...
Folly and Foolishness Quotes
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with t...
Family Quotes
Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching; for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck. (NRSV 1:8-9) My son, hear the instruction...
Lust Quotes
You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant; for her way leads down to death, and her pa...
Happiness Quotes
Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding, for her income is better than silver, and her revenue better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire ca...