Quotes about Patience
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Proverbs 25:8
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- Proverbs 25:15
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- Proverbs 26:4
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:5
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:1
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Proverbs 27:3
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- Proverbs 27:15
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- Proverbs 29:11
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Proverbs 29:20
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
- Ecclesiastes 3:7