The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (52 page)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.

Proverbs ch. 20, v. 1

191
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs ch. 22, v. 6

192
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red.

Proverbs ch. 23, v. 31

193
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Proverbs ch. 25, v. 11

194
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

Proverbs ch. 25, v. 17

195
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

Proverbs ch. 25, v. 21

196
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Proverbs ch. 25, v. 25

197
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs ch. 26, v. 4

198
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Proverbs ch. 26, v. 11

199
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs ch. 28, v. 1

200
He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs ch. 28, v. 20

201
Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Proverbs ch. 29, v. 18

202
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

Proverbs ch. 30, v. 18

203
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Proverbs ch. 31, v. 10

Ecclesiastes
204
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 2.

205
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 7

206
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 9

207
He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 18

208
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1

209
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1

210
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1

211
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes ch. 4, v. 12.

212
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet.

Ecclesiastes ch. 5, v. 12

213
As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.

Ecclesiastes ch. 7, v. 6

214
God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Ecclesiastes ch. 7, v. 29

215
There is no discharge in that war.

Ecclesiastes ch. 8, v. 8

217
A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.

Ecclesiastes ch. 8, v. 15

217
A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 4

218
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 10

219
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 11.

220
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it.

Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 8

221
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child.

Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 16.

222
Wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 19

223
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes ch. 11, v. 1

224
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Ecclesiastes ch. 11, v. 3

225
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.

Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 1

226
And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 5

227
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 12

228
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 13

Song of Solomon
229
I am black, but comely.

Song of Solomon ch. 1, v. 5

230
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 1

231
The time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 10

232
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.

Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 16

233
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair.

Song of Solomon ch. 4, v. 1

234
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon ch. 4, v. 12

235
Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.

Song of Solomon ch. 8, v. 6

236
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Song of Solomon ch. 8, v. 7

Isaiah
237
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.

Isaiah ch. 1, v. 18

238
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Micah ch. 4, v. 3, Joel ch. 3, v. 10 have same image

Isaiah ch. 2, v. 4.

239
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?

Isaiah ch. 3, v. 15

240
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place.

Isaiah ch. 5, v. 8

241
I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Isaiah ch. 6, v. 1

242
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Isaiah ch. 6, v. 8

243
Then said I, Lord, how long?

Isaiah ch. 6, v. 11

244
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Isaiah ch. 7, v. 14

245
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Isaiah ch. 9, v. 2

246
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end.

Isaiah ch. 9, v. 6

247
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah ch. 9, v. 7

248
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

Isaiah ch. 11, v. 1

249
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isaiah ch. 11, v. 6

250
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah ch. 11, v. 8

251
Dragons in their pleasant palaces.

Isaiah ch. 13, v. 22

252
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

Isaiah ch. 14, v. 12

253
Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night.

Isaiah ch. 21, v. 11

254
Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Isaiah ch. 22, v. 13

255
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.

Isaiah ch. 25, v. 8

256
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.

Isaiah ch. 28, v. 10

257
We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.

Isaiah ch. 28, v. 15.

258
The bread of adversity, and the waters of affliction.

Isaiah ch. 30, v. 20

259
This is the way, walk ye in it.

Isaiah ch. 30, v. 21

260
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Isaiah ch. 34, v. 13

261
The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Isaiah ch. 35, v. 1

262
Set thine house in order.

Isaiah ch. 38, v. 1

263
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished.

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 1

264
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 3.

265
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 6

266
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 11

267
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning?

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 21

268
They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah ch. 40, v. 31

269
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Isaiah ch. 42, v. 3

270