Proverbs Archives - Jewish Quotations

"By justice a king makes the kingdom firm and strong." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:4

"The complacency of fools is their undoing." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 1:32

"The heart knows its own bitterness." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 14:10

"A wife’s bickering is as an endless dripping of rain." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:13

"The senseless man pours contempt on his neighbor; but the intelligent man keeps silent." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:12

"To a hungry man everything bitter is sweet. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:7

"A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 15:13

"For lack of wood the fire goes out, and, where no whisperer is, quarrelling ceases." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:20

"Wealth makes many friends." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:4

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

"It is an honor for a man to cease from strife." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:3

"With patience, a ruler may be won over." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 25:16