Quotes About Guidance

Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.