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Wisdom about Judaism.
What people have learned about Judaism the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
Be still, and know that I am God.
Invention is one of the great marks of genius.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
A friend loveth at all times.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.