Proveth Quotes

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, / To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. - Bible

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, / Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. - Bible

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? / A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. - Bible

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. - Bible

Hasty marriage seldom proveth well. - William Shakespeare

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: / That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. - Bible

Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men; and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it. - George Savile