Quotes About Guidance

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

For a manís ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

My son, keep your fatherís commandment, and do not forsake your motherís teaching.

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?

On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.

Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:

“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.

Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.