Best 73 quotes of Solomon on MyQuotes

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

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

A good name is better than precious ointment.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

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

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.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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

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

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

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

A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.

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.

A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

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

Being cheerful keeps you healthy

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

Better is the man of humble standing that works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

Better the anger of a friend than the kiss of an enemy.

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

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

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

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

Give me the gift of a listening heart.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

If you are honest, you will live life safely. But if you are dishonest, you will get hurt.

If you desire wisdom like money and buried treasures, then you'll find it!

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

I have found the one whom my soul loves.

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

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

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

Jealousy is cruel as a tomb, its embers are embers of fire.

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.]

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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

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

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.

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

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

Love is strong as the Death; jealousies are as cruel as the tomb.

My beloved is mine and I am his.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.