The Jewish Wisdom Database

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish one is his mother's grief.

Who spares the rod hates his son.

Whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

Sugar in the mouth will not help if the heart is bitter.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but wild words break the spirit.

A man with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

Death and life are in the power of one's tongue.

The Law is illumination.

Blessed be he that keeps the Law!

Buy truth and sell it not!

Out of the mouths of children and drunkards one may discover the truth.

Get wisdom, acquire understanding!

Good understanding gives grace.

By wise counsel you can wage your war.

Diverse weights and diverse measures are an abomination to the Lord.

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they know not over what they stumble.

The mouth of the wicked utters the preverse.

Who says to the wicked: 'You are innocent' will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations.

A good wife is a crown to her husband.

House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a wise wife is from the Lord.

Who can find a good wife? Her price is far above pearls.

A wife's bickering is as an endless dripping of rain.

Wine cheers the heart of a man.

Look not on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly! In the end, it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

Give strong drink to the lost and wine to those in dire distress!