In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus contrasts the wise man with the foolish man in the parable of the builders. Matthew 7:24-25 states, "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents...
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. ...
14 Every wise woman[a] has built[b] her household,[c]but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.2 The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,[d]but the one who is perverted in his ways[e] despises him.3 In[f] the speech[g] of a fool is a rod for his...
“Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. And ...
For background, I need to explain that my family bought a house in town last year that many locals know either as the Brumwell or the Faber house. Before it was either of those, it was the Shamrock Hotel. In the early days of our town’s existence, the Shamrock was built. ...
Rush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king. Robert E. Howard Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo...
Some of our hymns were written at odd moments too.The Solid Rock(“My hope is built on nothing less…”) was written by a carpenter on his way to work.Precious Promisewas written by a man while he was commuting to his job on the train.Rock of Ageswas created when a man, out for...
A prudent man will not discover his poverty, his self-torments, the disorders of his house, his uneasiness, or his disgrace. Hitopadesa. 32. Men are of three different capacities: one understands intuitively; another understands so far as it is explained; and a third understands neither of ...
Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD,
Though Daniel had been already trained in their schools, he had not as yet been appointed "a wise man." However, being a student, his death was implied in the general order, which, as appears from Daniel 2:13, had already begun to be executed. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - For this ...