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Proverbs 31:15-17. Matthew 19:19 “Honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as you love yourself.” ... Best Bible Verses for Kids, ... It does not dishonor others, it is not self ...
Proverbs 12:11 – He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment. Proverbs 12:24 – Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. Proverbs 13:4 – The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Hollis' book Girl, Wash Your Face was described by The Washington Post as mixing "memoir, motivational tips, Bible quotations and common-sense girl talk." [3] The prevailing message of Girl, Wash Your Face is one largely of female self-reliance, summed up by Hollis as "You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for how happy you are." [3]
The books of Proverbs and Psalms each urge readers to obtain and to increase in wisdom. [citation needed] Image from "Book of Wisdom" of Francysk Skaryna 1518. In the Hebrew Bible, wisdom is exemplified by Solomon, who asks God for wisdom in 2 Chronicles 1:10. Much of the Book of Proverbs, which is filled with wise sayings, is
The first, sôphrosune, largely meant "self-restraint". The other, enkrateia ', was a word coined during the time of Aristotle, to mean "control over oneself", or "self-discipline". Enkrateia appears three times in the Bible, where it was translated as "temperance" in the King James translation. [citation needed]
James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors.
Proverbs 30 is the 30th chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of several wisdom literature collections: the heading in Proverbs 1:1 may be intended to regard Solomon as the traditional author of the whole book, but the dates of the individual collections are difficult to determine, and the book ...
The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Mišlê; Greek: Παροιμίαι; Latin: Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament traditionally ascribed to King Solomon and his students. [1]