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Proverbs 4,8 (14)

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1/1/25 Wednesday “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
1/2/25 Thursday “With great responsibility comes great power.”
1/3/25 Friday “Sometimes we are the student. Sometimes we are the master. And sometimes we are merely the lesson – Jacalyn Smith.”
1/4/25 Saturday “Failing to plan is planning to fail.”
1/5/25 Sunday “Whom the Gods love die young.”
1/6/25 Monday “A bad excuse is better than none.”
1/7/25 Tuesday “Enough is enough.”
1/8/25 Wednesday “Money does not grow on trees.”
1/9/25 Thursday “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.”
1/10/25 Friday “To each his own.”
1/11/25 Saturday “Don't wash your dirty linen in public.”
1/12/25 Sunday “Procrastination is the thief of time.”
1/13/25 Monday “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
1/14/25 Tuesday “One good turn deserves another.”
1/15/25 Wednesday “Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.”
1/16/25 Thursday “Cold hands, warm heart.”
1/17/25 Friday “If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research. Wilson Mizner (1876–1933), American writer and entrepreneur.”
1/18/25 Saturday “You can't get blood out of a turnip.”
1/19/25 Sunday “What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.”
1/20/25 Monday “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
1/21/25 Tuesday “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
1/22/25 Wednesday “Charity covers a multitude of sins.”
1/23/25 Thursday “Other times other manners.”
1/24/25 Friday “The best defence is a good offence.”
1/25/25 Saturday “Hard cases make bad law.”
1/26/25 Sunday “It is no use crying over spilt milk.”
1/27/25 Monday “God helps those who help themselves.”
1/28/25 Tuesday “You can't judge a book by its cover.”
1/29/25 Wednesday “Hope springs eternal.”
1/30/25 Thursday “What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”
1/31/25 Friday “Loose lips sink ships.”
2/1/25 Saturday “Hunger never knows the taste, sleep never knows the comfort.”
2/2/25 Sunday “The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.”
2/3/25 Monday “United we stand, divided we fall.”
2/4/25 Tuesday “Good things come to those that wait.”
2/5/25 Wednesday “Cowards may die many times before their death.”
2/6/25 Thursday “Know which side your bread is buttered.”
2/7/25 Friday “There's no smoke without fire.”
2/8/25 Saturday “More haste, less speed.”
2/9/25 Sunday “Haste makes waste.”
2/10/25 Monday “Right or wrong, my country.”
2/11/25 Tuesday “The age of miracles is past.”
2/12/25 Wednesday “Coffee and love taste best when hot. Ethiopian proverb.”
2/13/25 Thursday “Each to their own.”
2/14/25 Friday “A stitch in time saves nine.”
2/15/25 Saturday “Many a little makes a mickle.”
2/16/25 Sunday “All's well that ends well.”
2/17/25 Monday “The devil is in the details.”
2/18/25 Tuesday “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”
2/19/25 Wednesday “He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)”
2/20/25 Thursday “If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.”
2/21/25 Friday “Better safe than sorry.”
2/22/25 Saturday “There are two sides to every question.”
2/23/25 Sunday “Rules were made to be broken.”
2/24/25 Monday “All publicity is good publicity.”
2/25/25 Tuesday “Out of sight, out of mind.”
2/26/25 Wednesday “Free is for me.”
2/27/25 Thursday “It is better to cultivate a Land with two Bulls, rather working under Boss who never gives Wage when asked.”
2/28/25 Friday “Finders keepers, losers weepers.”
3/1/25 Saturday “Fire is a good servant but a bad master.”
3/2/25 Sunday “Milking the bull.”
3/3/25 Monday “If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.”
3/4/25 Tuesday “It is an ill wind (that blows no one any good)”
3/5/25 Wednesday “In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king.”
3/6/25 Thursday “The customer is always right.”
3/7/25 Friday “What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”
3/8/25 Saturday “Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
3/9/25 Sunday “See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.”
3/10/25 Monday “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.”
3/11/25 Tuesday “If you cannot beat them, join them.”
3/12/25 Wednesday “There are none so blind as those who will not see — attributed variously to Edmund Burke or George Santayana.”
3/13/25 Thursday “Give a dog a bad name and hang him.”
3/14/25 Friday “Little things please little minds.”
3/15/25 Saturday “Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.”
3/16/25 Sunday “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
3/17/25 Monday “Slow but sure.”
3/18/25 Tuesday “Love is blind.”
3/19/25 Wednesday “Money isn't everything.”
3/20/25 Thursday “Some are more equal than others.”
3/21/25 Friday “If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings.”
3/22/25 Saturday “Every tide has its ebb.”
3/23/25 Sunday “Do not cross the bridge till you come to it.”
3/24/25 Monday “The law is an ass. From English writer Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.”
3/25/25 Tuesday “Needs must when the devil drives.”
3/26/25 Wednesday “All things must pass.”
3/27/25 Thursday “Don't upset the apple-cart.”
3/28/25 Friday “(The) truth will out.”
3/29/25 Saturday “The best defense is a good offence.”
3/30/25 Sunday “If the shoe fits, wear it.”
3/31/25 Monday “Easier said than done.”
4/1/25 Tuesday “In for a penny, in for a pound.”
4/2/25 Wednesday “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
4/3/25 Thursday “Do not throw pearls to swine.”
4/4/25 Friday “There is no accounting for tastes.”
4/5/25 Saturday “The bread always falls buttered side down.”
4/6/25 Sunday “Early marriage, earlier pregnant.”
4/7/25 Monday “There is honour among thieves.”
4/8/25 Tuesday “Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.”
4/9/25 Wednesday “Old soldiers never die, (they simply/just fade away). From a soldiers' folklore song, the phrase was most notably used by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) in his farewell address to the Congress.”
4/10/25 Thursday “Money doesn't grow on trees.”
4/11/25 Friday “Waste not want not.”
4/12/25 Saturday “You pays your money and you takes your choice.”
4/13/25 Sunday “If anything can go wrong, it will. Also referred to as Murphy's Law.”
4/14/25 Monday “It takes one to know one.”
4/15/25 Tuesday “If you play with fire, you will get burned.”
4/16/25 Wednesday “You can't get blood out of a stone.”
4/17/25 Thursday “Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.”
4/18/25 Friday “Great oaks from little acorns grow.”
4/19/25 Saturday “Appearances can be deceptive.”
4/20/25 Sunday “To every thing there is a season.”
4/21/25 Monday “Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.”
4/22/25 Tuesday “Where there's a will there's a way.”
4/23/25 Wednesday “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)”
4/24/25 Thursday “The longest day must have an end.”
4/25/25 Friday “Bad news travels fast.”
4/26/25 Saturday “Comparisons are odious.”
4/27/25 Sunday “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
4/28/25 Monday “The child is father to the man.”
4/29/25 Tuesday “Children should be seen and not heard.”
4/30/25 Wednesday “Nine tailors make a man.”
5/1/25 Thursday “First things first.”
5/2/25 Friday “If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings.”
5/3/25 Saturday “Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
5/4/25 Sunday “Men get spoiled by staying, Women get spoiled by wandering.”
5/5/25 Monday “If it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
5/6/25 Tuesday “There's no such thing as bad publicity.”
5/7/25 Wednesday “A cat may look at a king.”
5/8/25 Thursday “What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.”
5/9/25 Friday “To err is human; to forgive divine.”
5/10/25 Saturday “All hands on deck/to the pump.”
5/11/25 Sunday “Pearls of wisdom.”
5/12/25 Monday “Love is blind. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591)”
5/13/25 Tuesday “To the victor go the spoils.”
5/14/25 Wednesday “Better wear out than rust out.”
5/15/25 Thursday “There's no time like the present.”
5/16/25 Friday “Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.”
5/17/25 Saturday “Every cloud has a silver lining.”
5/18/25 Sunday “Many a mickle makes a muckle.”
5/19/25 Monday “Two wrongs don't make a right.”
5/20/25 Tuesday “Don't try to walk before you can crawl.”
5/21/25 Wednesday “There is safety in numbers.”
5/22/25 Thursday “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
5/23/25 Friday “Fight the good fight.”
5/24/25 Saturday “Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living, and a child that is born on the Sabbath day is fair and wise and good and gay.”
5/25/25 Sunday “The last drop makes the cup run over.”
5/26/25 Monday “Thou shalt not kill.”
5/27/25 Tuesday “Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.”
5/28/25 Wednesday “Where there's muck there's brass.”
5/29/25 Thursday “It is not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall.”
5/30/25 Friday “Do not put new wine into old bottles.”
5/31/25 Saturday “Revenge is sweet.”
6/1/25 Sunday “It is no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.”
6/2/25 Monday “Do not put the cart before the horse.”
6/3/25 Tuesday “A woman's place is in the home.”
6/4/25 Wednesday “If you think that you know everything, then you're a Jack ass.”
6/5/25 Thursday “Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.”
6/6/25 Friday “Seeing is believing.”
6/7/25 Saturday “Keep your powder dry.”
6/8/25 Sunday “Two is company, but three's a crowd.”
6/9/25 Monday “A miss is as good as a mile.”
6/10/25 Tuesday “All good things come to he who waits.”
6/11/25 Wednesday “Respect is not given, it is earned.”
6/12/25 Thursday “Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.”
6/13/25 Friday “A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.”
6/14/25 Saturday “Familiarity breeds contempt.”
6/15/25 Sunday “All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
6/16/25 Monday “The apple never falls far from the tree.”
6/17/25 Tuesday “Life begins at forty.”
6/18/25 Wednesday “A picture paints a thousand words.”
6/19/25 Thursday “Misery loves company.”
6/20/25 Friday “Time is a great healer.”
6/21/25 Saturday “Fish always rots from the head downwards.”
6/22/25 Sunday “I'm going to have to give you the pink slip.”
6/23/25 Monday “Better late than never.”
6/24/25 Tuesday “Youth is wasted on the young.”
6/25/25 Wednesday “There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.”
6/26/25 Thursday “A new language is a new life. Persian proverb.”
6/27/25 Friday “Like father, like son.”
6/28/25 Saturday “Penny wise and pound foolish.”
6/29/25 Sunday “Enough is as good as a feast.”
6/30/25 Monday “Life is just a bowl of cherries.”
7/1/25 Tuesday “You cannot always get what you want.”
7/2/25 Wednesday “Business before pleasure.”
7/3/25 Thursday “There is an exception to every rule.”
7/4/25 Friday “When the cat's away the mice will play.”
7/5/25 Saturday “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid.”
7/6/25 Sunday “If you have never seen the bottom of the tree, you cannot know how tall it stands.”
7/7/25 Monday “While there is life there is hope.”
7/8/25 Tuesday “When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.”
7/9/25 Wednesday “Don't put all your eggs in one basket.”
7/10/25 Thursday “Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not)”
7/11/25 Friday “Flattery will get you nowhere.”
7/12/25 Saturday “Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer.”
7/13/25 Sunday “Every man has his price.”
7/14/25 Monday “Only fools and horses work.”
7/15/25 Tuesday “Knock on (or touch) wood.”
7/16/25 Wednesday “East is east, and west is west (and never the twain shall meet)”
7/17/25 Thursday “You reap what you sow.”
7/18/25 Friday “Feed a cold and starve a fever.”
7/19/25 Saturday “The grass is always greener (on the other side) (of the fence)”
7/20/25 Sunday “A problem shared is a problem halved.”
7/21/25 Monday “Horse kicking a water stand.”
7/22/25 Tuesday “Never go to bed on an argument.”
7/23/25 Wednesday “There's an exception to every rule.”
7/24/25 Thursday “Marriages are made in heaven.”
7/25/25 Friday “The Devil has all the best tunes.”
7/26/25 Saturday “Little pitchers have big ears.”
7/27/25 Sunday “A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
7/28/25 Monday “Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit.”
7/29/25 Tuesday “The exception which proves the rule.”
7/30/25 Wednesday “Fine feathers make fine birds.”
7/31/25 Thursday “Never speak ill of the dead.”
8/1/25 Friday “Do not cast your pearls before swine.”
8/2/25 Saturday “Open confession is good for the soul.”
8/3/25 Sunday “Put your money where your mouth is.”
8/4/25 Monday “Handsome is as handsome does.”
8/5/25 Tuesday “Give the devil his/her due.”
8/6/25 Wednesday “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
8/7/25 Thursday “It is the early bird that gets the worm.”
8/8/25 Friday “For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost.”
8/9/25 Saturday “An army marches on its stomach. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), military leader and Emperor of France.”
8/10/25 Sunday “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
8/11/25 Monday “What the eye does not see (the heart does not grieve over.)”
8/12/25 Tuesday “Let well alone.”
8/13/25 Wednesday “Men are blind in their own cause. Heywood Broun (1888–1939), American journalist.”
8/14/25 Thursday “There's safety in numbers.”
8/15/25 Friday “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
8/16/25 Saturday “It is the empty can that makes the most noise.”
8/17/25 Sunday “Into every life a little rain must fall.”
8/18/25 Monday “One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb.”
8/19/25 Tuesday “No guts, no glory.”
8/20/25 Wednesday “Let the dead bury the dead (N.T.)”
8/21/25 Thursday “The streets are paved with gold.”
8/22/25 Friday “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
8/23/25 Saturday “Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.”
8/24/25 Sunday “Beauty is only skin deep.”
8/25/25 Monday “Pride comes before a fall.”
8/26/25 Tuesday “One hand washes the other.”
8/27/25 Wednesday “Don't change horses in midstream.”
8/28/25 Thursday “A watched pot/kettle never boils.”
8/29/25 Friday “Money demands care, you abuse it and it disappears. Rashida Costa.”
8/30/25 Saturday “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
8/31/25 Sunday “If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost.”
9/1/25 Monday “Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill.”
9/2/25 Tuesday “The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)”
9/3/25 Wednesday “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
9/4/25 Thursday “Whatever floats your boat.”
9/5/25 Friday “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
9/6/25 Saturday “Shrouds have no pockets.”
9/7/25 Sunday “Variety is the spice of life.”
9/8/25 Monday “Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.”
9/9/25 Tuesday “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
9/10/25 Wednesday “The Devil finds work for idle hands to do.”
9/11/25 Thursday “You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.”
9/12/25 Friday “You pay your money and you take your choice.”
9/13/25 Saturday “Never give a sucker an even break.”
9/14/25 Sunday “It will be the same a hundred years hence.”
9/15/25 Monday “Don't sweat the small stuff.”
9/16/25 Tuesday “Don't put new wine into old bottles.”
9/17/25 Wednesday “A place for everything and everything in its place.”
9/18/25 Thursday “He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.”
9/19/25 Friday “Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.”
9/20/25 Saturday “It is all grist to the mill.”
9/21/25 Sunday “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”
9/22/25 Monday “Money is the root of all evil.”
9/23/25 Tuesday “If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.”
9/24/25 Wednesday “Ask my companion if I be a thief.”
9/25/25 Thursday “Birds of a feather flock together.”
9/26/25 Friday “Finders keepers (losers weepers)”
9/27/25 Saturday “Fake it til' you make it.”
9/28/25 Sunday “To be worn out is to be renewed. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)”
9/29/25 Monday “A friend to everyone is a friend to no one.”
9/30/25 Tuesday “Blue are the hills that are far away.”
10/1/25 Wednesday “Prevention is better than cure.”
10/2/25 Thursday “All's fair in love and war.”
10/3/25 Friday “Many hands make light work.”
10/4/25 Saturday “The child is the father of the man.”
10/5/25 Sunday “Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”
10/6/25 Monday “Do not try to walk before you can crawl.”
10/7/25 Tuesday “Attack is the best form of defence.”
10/8/25 Wednesday “Every stick has two ends.”
10/9/25 Thursday “Memory is the treasure of the mind.”
10/10/25 Friday “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day....”
10/11/25 Saturday “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
10/12/25 Sunday “You cannot win them all.”
10/13/25 Monday “You cannot push a rope.”
10/14/25 Tuesday “Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.”
10/15/25 Wednesday “As you sow so shall you reap.”
10/16/25 Thursday “Late lunch makes day go faster.”
10/17/25 Friday “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), leader of the Indian independence movement.”
10/18/25 Saturday “The best things in life are free.”
10/19/25 Sunday “The best is the enemy of the good.”
10/20/25 Monday “Never judge a book by its cover.”
10/21/25 Tuesday “Do not sympathize with those who can not empathize.”
10/22/25 Wednesday “All good things must come to an end.”
10/23/25 Thursday “Shiny are the distant hills.”
10/24/25 Friday “Cross the stream where it is shallowest.”
10/25/25 Saturday “It's the singer not the song.”
10/26/25 Sunday “There is one born every minute.”
10/27/25 Monday “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
10/28/25 Tuesday “Pride comes/goes before a fall (O.T.),.”
10/29/25 Wednesday “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.”
10/30/25 Thursday “Don't let the grass grow under your feet.”
10/31/25 Friday “If you can't beat em, join em.”
11/1/25 Saturday “April showers bring forth May flowers.”
11/2/25 Sunday “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”
11/3/25 Monday “Blood is thicker than water.”
11/4/25 Tuesday “Faint heart never won fair lady.”
11/5/25 Wednesday “The longest journey starts with a single step.”
11/6/25 Thursday “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
11/7/25 Friday “It never rains but it pours.”
11/8/25 Saturday “A friend in need (is a friend indeed)”
11/9/25 Sunday “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it – George Santayana.”
11/10/25 Monday “There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.”
11/11/25 Tuesday “There is no such thing as bad publicity.”
11/12/25 Wednesday “Islands depend on reeds, just as reeds depend on islands.”
11/13/25 Thursday “Big fish eat little fish.”
11/14/25 Friday “The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.”
11/15/25 Saturday “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
11/16/25 Sunday “It will come back and haunt you.”
11/17/25 Monday “Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.”
11/18/25 Tuesday “The pen is mightier than sword.”
11/19/25 Wednesday “All roads lead to Rome.”
11/20/25 Thursday “It is better to give than to receive.”
11/21/25 Friday “Where there is life there is hope.”
11/22/25 Saturday “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.”
11/23/25 Sunday “It takes all sorts to make a world.”
11/24/25 Monday “Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.”
11/25/25 Tuesday “Practice what you preach.”
11/26/25 Wednesday “Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
11/27/25 Thursday “Don't shoot the messenger.”
11/28/25 Friday “Different strokes for different folks.”
11/29/25 Saturday “Once a thief, always a thief.”
11/30/25 Sunday “Keep your powder dry. Valentine Blacker, 1834 from Oliver's Advice.”
12/1/25 Monday “The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.”
12/2/25 Tuesday “The worm will turn.”
12/3/25 Wednesday “A barking dog never bites.”
12/4/25 Thursday “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”
12/5/25 Friday “Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
12/6/25 Saturday “Put your shoulder to the wheel.”
12/7/25 Sunday “Every Jack has his Jill.”
12/8/25 Monday “Why keep a dog and bark yourself?.”
12/9/25 Tuesday “Faint heart never won fair lady (Scott),.”
12/10/25 Wednesday “There's none so blind as those who will not see.”
12/11/25 Thursday “All that glitters is not gold.”
12/12/25 Friday “Well done is better than well said.”
12/13/25 Saturday “Up a creek without a paddle.”
12/14/25 Sunday “Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost)”
12/15/25 Monday “Preaching to the choir.”
12/16/25 Tuesday “Never tell tales out of school.”
12/17/25 Wednesday “What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tombs.”
12/18/25 Thursday “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
12/19/25 Friday “Behind every great man, there is a great woman.”
12/20/25 Saturday “There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.”
12/21/25 Sunday “Don't burn your bridges behind you.”
12/22/25 Monday “Quid pro quo.”
12/23/25 Tuesday “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
12/24/25 Wednesday “Ashes to ashes dust to dust.”
12/25/25 Thursday “Between two stools one falls to the ground.”
12/26/25 Friday “As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.”
12/27/25 Saturday “From the sublime to the ridiculous (is only a step)”
12/28/25 Sunday “Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.”
12/29/25 Monday “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
12/30/25 Tuesday “Never say never.”
12/31/25 Wednesday “All the world loves a lover.”