The wisdom of the Greeks, when compared to that of the Jews, is absolutely bestial; for apart from God there can be no wisdom, not any understanding and insight
Martin Luther
Related God himself is referring to Jesus as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom SUNDAY ADELAJA There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Fr... CHRIS CRUTCHER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord. JOHN C. MAXWELL God is the depth of wisdom and the source of all understanding SUNDAY ADELAJA I pray for sufficient wisdom to understand that wisdom apart from God is the stuff of opinion tainte... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The path of those who do not have understanding or the wisdom of God is indeed hard SUNDAY ADELAJA Jesus himself refers to himself as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom SUNDAY ADELAJA Wisdom is the principal thing. The principle to discover the principal thing is "the fear of the Lor... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The source and essence of all creation can be found everywhere. It resides equally in you, in me, an... VICTOR SHAMAS If beauty is relative, then any and everything when compared to the beauty of God is absolutely hide... CRISS JAMI For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared wit... BIBLE The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL Just as Jews in the U.S. joined Martin Luther King, I'm sure hundreds of thousands of Jews will ... AYMAN ODEH There is no such thing as human wisdom; all is the providence of God JOHN ADAMS Should it be said that the Greeks discovered philosophy by human wisdom, I reply that I find the Scr... CLEMENT OF ROME Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while n... JOHN PIPER Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porre... RICHARD HOOKER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. There has been a transformation of values to a too-sanitized, corporate convenience mode that market... LORETTA WILLIAMS Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the ... C. JOYBELL C. Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another n... WALT WHITMAN Wisdom comes from not only in the understanding that often times we say no to things too easily and ... FORREST CURRAN No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first le... LLOYD ALEXANDER Some revelations have been reserved for the last days for God to accomplish His original plan. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of ... SIDDHA NAGARJUNA The end is the matter! A step to the end is a factor! ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time SUNDAY ADELAJA wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defense... MALCOLM X The first duty of any Christian is to know God and the wisdom of His Word to the utmost SUNDAY ADELAJA Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. HORACE All the crap that they tell you about ... getting joy, and having a kind of wisdom in your golden ye... WOODY ALLEN Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE There is no gem like truth, no wealth like knowledge, no treasure like understanding, and no jewel l... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri... THE BIBLE Wisdom that is not acted upon is just philosophy... but when lived as a verb, wisdom will be the fou... STEVE MARABOLI There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart. CHARLES DICKENS With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding BIBLE Oh the depth of both the wisdom and riches of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways ... BIBLE The more God is glorified the more man is energic and the more satan is weak. INDONESIA123 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding. BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding. BIBLE Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding. BIBLE A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. MARSHALL MCLUHAN Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope LLOYD ALEXANDER When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate ... ASHVAGHOSHA Here is the test of wisdom, Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pa... WALT WHITMAN Trust an instinct and insight that none can or should equate anyone’s silence with his patience fo... ANUJ SOMANY God has the capacity to look at the world through two lenses. When God looks at a painful or wicked ... JOHN PIPER When a not-doing comes upon you, and there is no reflection of yourself to be found, many things can... LUJAN MATUS There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. CHARLES DICKENS There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. CHARLES DICKENS The only obstacle is the absence of the knowledge in our minds of the wisdom of God that is able to ... SUNDAY ADELAJA I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom... CLARENCE DARROW Only the strong will remain, all the weak will be consumed by fire BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. MARSHALL MCLUHAN Wisdom is a dreadfully wonderful gift,giving you great insight but terrible pain that you learn from... ROYAL CROMWELL There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words a... SOPHOCLES There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Each pearl is a jewel of wisdom, wrestled from struggle and strung in sequence to create infinite in... MARGOT DATZ A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be c... PABLO PICASSO A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be c... MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God. SOURCE UNKNOWN You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God. The first step of understanding about own wisdom is to keep oneself always at a safe distance from w... ANUJ SOMANY Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear... T.S. ELIOT To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom. SID MENDENHALL To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom. SID MENDENHALL The greatest education is the knowledge of God. God gives life, strength and wisdom for every accomp... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Understanding the limitations of human beings as well as understanding your own is the beginning of ... SOURCE UNKNOWN It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its o... W. R. INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own... WILLIAM RALPH INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own... W. R. [WILLIAM RALPH] INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own... W. R. INGE The knowledge of God is beginning of wisdom. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding... CLIFFORD STOLL When we combine the knowledge of our campuses and colleges with the wisdom from the word of God, we ... SUNDAY ADELAJA Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God. VICTOR HUGO There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, fr... BORIS JOHNSON The real understanding of wisdom is the ability to see, not with the physical eyes but with the ment... SUNDAY ADELAJA It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spo... THOMAS A KEMPIS The way to Bliss is through Understanding, through Wisdom. TONY SAMARA To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good... PLUTARCH In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is als... SIMON VAN BOOY Understanding someone, is the sign of True Maturity, Forgiving them is that of True Wisdo... DRISHTI BABLANI, WORDIONS Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning ... and there is wisdom in the ... BERGEN EVANS Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom in the sele... BERGEN EVENS Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom in the sele... BERGEN EVANS I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doc... ABHIJIT NASKAR
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Who for our offence was slain;
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