Wisdom from Solomon: Insights for Life

PROVERBS 16:2

All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. ...

PROVERBS 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ...

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Ecclesiastes 12:1: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ecclesiastes 12:2: While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Ecclesiastes 12:3: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Ecclesiastes 12:4: And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Ecclesiastes 12:5: Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Ecclesiastes 12:6: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecclesiastes 12:7: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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PROVERBS 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. ...

PROVERBS 18:15

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. ...

PROVERBS 17:16

Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? ...

PROVERBS 23:12

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. ...

ECCLESIASTES 11:9

# Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment. ...