Proverbs Quotes

“Earthly wisdom is gained by study; heavenly wisdom by prayer. Study may form a Biblical scholar; prayer puts the heart under a heavenly tutorage, and therefore forms the wise and spiritual Christian. The Word first comes into the ears; then it enters into the heart; there it is safely hid; thence rises the cry, the lifting up of the voice. Thus, “the entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psa 119:130). God keeps the key of the treasure house in His own hand. “For this He will be enquired of”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“deluded”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“To pretend to dread sin without fearing temptation, is self-delusion.”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding will attain unto wise counsels.” -Proverbs 1:5”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“Of all knowledge, the knowledge of God is the principal. There is no true knowledge without godliness (cp. Deu 4: 6, 7).”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“Diligence therefore is not a moral virtue separate from religion, but rather a component part of it (Rom 12:11). The”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“If we cannot attain unity of opinion, “perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” (1Co 1:10); at least let us cultivate unity of spirit—“Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule; let us mind the same thing” (Phi 3:16).”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“In a world of such extended knowledge, ignorance is the fruit of sloth, dissipation,[27] or misguided delusion.”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

“But what is this fear of the Lord? It is that affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father’s law. His wrath is so bitter, and his love so sweet; that hence springs an earnest desire to please him, and—because of the danger of coming short from his own weakness and temptations—a holy watchfulness and fear, “that he might not sin against Him” (Heb 12:28, 29).”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs

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― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs