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Top 49 Jewish Proverbs and Sayings (WISDOM)

Top 10 Most Famous Jewish Proverbs (BEST)

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.Pin
He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.Pin
Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.
A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.Pin
A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
Not to have felt pain is not to have been human.Pin
Not to have felt pain is not to have been human.
What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.Pin
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.Pin
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.Pin
Rejoice not at thine enemy’s fall – but don’t rush to pick him up either.
Worries go down better with soup than without.Pin
Worries go down better with soup than without.
As he thinks in his heart, so he is.Pin
As he thinks in his heart, so he is.
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.Pin
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.

5 Jewish Proverbs on Leadership

First mend yourself, and then mend others.Pin
First mend yourself, and then mend others.
Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.Pin
Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits.
As you teach, you learn.Pin
As you teach, you learn.
Do not accuse a man for no reason – when he has done you no harm.Pin
Do not accuse a man for no reason – when he has done you no harm.
Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.Pin
Make sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors.

5 Jewish Proverbs About Love

God is closest to those with broken hearts.Pin
God is closest to those with broken hearts.
A mother understands what a child does not say.Pin
A mother understands what a child does not say.
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.Pin
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
Sympathy doesn’t provide food, but it makes hunger more endurable.Pin
Sympathy doesn’t provide food, but it makes hunger more endurable.
Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.Pin
Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.

10 Jewish Proverbs That Will Make You Ponder and Think

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.Pin
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.Pin
Don’t be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don’t be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
If not for fear, sin would be sweet.Pin
If not for fear, sin would be sweet.
Adam was the first lucky man as he had no mother-in-law.Pin
Adam was the first lucky man as he had no mother-in-law.
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.Pin
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
What one has, one doesn’t want, and what one wants, one doesn’t have.Pin
What one has, one doesn’t want, and what one wants, one doesn’t have.
Growing old, man's sight worsens, but this allows him to see more.Pin
Growing old, man’s sight worsens, but this allows him to see more.
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.Pin
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh.Pin
Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh.
Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something.Pin
Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something.

6 Jewish Proverbs About God

Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.Pin
Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
God gave man two ears and one mouth, so listen more and talk less.Pin
God gave man two ears and one mouth, so listen more and talk less.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.Pin
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.Pin
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.
May God protect you from bad people, and save yourself from good ones!Pin
May God protect you from bad people, and save yourself from good ones!
God cannot be everywhere at once, that's why He created mothers.Pin
God cannot be everywhere at once, that’s why He created mothers.

7 Jewish Proverbs on Money

Everyone complains about a lack of money, but none complain about a lack of brains.Pin
Everyone complains about a lack of money, but none complain about a lack of brains.
If a problem can be solved with money, then it's not a problem but a cost.Pin
If a problem can be solved with money, then it’s not a problem but a cost.
Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.Pin
Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.
If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.Pin
If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.
Life's not as good with money as it is bad without it.Pin
Life’s not as good with money as it is bad without it.
If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.Pin
If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.
You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money.Pin
You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money.

Top 6 Wisest Jewish Sayings (WISDOM)

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. -- King SolomonPin
Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. — King Solomon
If you don't know what you're living for, you haven't yet lived. – Rabbi Noah WeinbergPin
If you don’t know what you’re living for, you haven’t yet lived. – Rabbi Noah Weinberg
If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow? – Rebbe Nachman of BreslovPin
If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow? – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Build a worthy family, stay on the path of virtue, and you shall be rewarded. – Elana RothPin
Build a worthy family, stay on the path of virtue, and you shall be rewarded. – Elana Roth
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel. – King SolomonPin
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel. – King Solomon
A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up. – King SolomonPin
A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up. – King Solomon
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