Solomon famous quotes

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
-- Solomon

#Positive Thinking #Thinking #Soul

I have found the one whom my soul loves,
-- Solomon

#Soul #Found

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold; She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
-- Solomon

#Men #Hands #Understanding

Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.
-- Solomon

#Love #Apples #Sick

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
-- Solomon

#God #Thumbs #Bowing Down

The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
-- Solomon

#Lazy #Looks #Doe

Give me the gift of a listening heart.
-- Solomon

#Communication #Heart #Giving

My beloved is mine and I am his.
-- Solomon

#Beloved

Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
-- Solomon

#Broken #Criticism #Accepting

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
-- Solomon

#Adversity #Prosperity #Joyful

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
-- Solomon

#Friendship #Iron

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
-- Solomon

#Running #Rivers #Sea

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.
-- Solomon

#Character #Names #Riches

For 365 days I went in between the legs of many women
-- Solomon

#Legs

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.
-- Solomon

#Kings #Kindness #Thrones

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.
-- Solomon

#Advice #Fool

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
-- Solomon

#Fathers Day #Children #Integrity

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
-- Solomon

#Fathers Day #Lying #Hate

A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
-- Solomon

#Wise #Fathers Day #Mother

Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.
-- Solomon

#Men #Imagination #Riches

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun
-- Solomon

#Done #Sun

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
-- Solomon

#Laughter #Heart #Character

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
-- Solomon

#Heart #Flow

A good name is better than precious ointment.
-- Solomon

#Family #Names

I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
-- Solomon

#Law #Wickedness #Saws

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
-- Solomon

#Done #Sun

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
-- Solomon

#Grief #Sorrow

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
-- Solomon

#Men #Evil #Secret

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
-- Solomon

#Kings #Matter #Glory

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
-- Solomon

#Love #Daughter #Son

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.
-- Solomon

#Wise #Wisdom #Men

The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.
-- Solomon

#Mean #Men #Littles

And also to the alien, who is not of Thy people Israel, but comes from a distant land on account of Thy fame; for hearing of Thy great name and Thy strong hand, and Thine outstretched arm, he comes to this house to pray... do Thou listen in the heavens, the place where Thou dwellest, and perform all that the alien begs of Thee, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thine own people Israel, and to know that Thy name is proclaimed over this house that I have built.
-- Solomon

#Strong #Israel #Hands

I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
-- Solomon

#Son #Men #Heaven

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
-- Solomon

#Encouragement #Heart #Anxiety

Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men.
-- Solomon

#Kings #Work #Men

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet.
-- Solomon

#Sweet #Sleep #Men

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.
-- Solomon

#Country #Justice #Oppression

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
-- Solomon

#Lord

The lesser of two evils is still evil.
-- Solomon

#Two #Evil #Lesser Of Two Evils

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
-- Solomon

#Men #Wealth #Rich

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul....
-- Solomon

#Sweet #Soul #Desire

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
-- Solomon

#Anger #Men #Glory

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
-- Solomon

#Anger #Cities #Management

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
-- Solomon

#Mother #Fathers Day #Father

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs
-- Solomon

#Life #Book #Humble

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
-- Solomon

#Being Happy #Heart #Wine

Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
-- Solomon

#Being Happy #Jewels #Desire

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
-- Solomon

#Wise #Men #Born

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
-- Solomon

#Heart #Positivity

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
-- Solomon

#Wisdom #Dust #Earth

A fool is wise in his own eyes.
-- Solomon

#Wise #Eye #Leader

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things.
-- Solomon

#Men #Fruit #Lips

The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself.
-- Solomon

#Wise #Men #He Man

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
-- Solomon

#Fool #Instruction #Despise

Knowledge is of more value than gold
-- Solomon

#Gold #Values

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
-- Solomon

#Kindness #Writing #Heart

Money is the answer for everything.
-- Solomon

#Answers

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
-- Solomon

#Wrath #Answers #Harsh

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [Therefore do not compare your lot with another's lest you see their advantages and lose the joy of what you already have.]
-- Solomon

#Gratitude #Flames #Fire

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
-- Solomon

#Inspirational #Men #Hands

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
-- Solomon

#Dance #Dancing #Laughing

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away
-- Solomon

#Strong #Flower #Love Is