Quotes about Balance
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
— Ecclesiastes 3:5
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
— Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
— Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
— Ecclesiastes 3:8
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 4:6
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
— Ecclesiastes 7:14
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
— Ecclesiastes 7:16
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
— Ecclesiastes 7:18
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 8:14
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
— Ecclesiastes 10:1
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
— Isaiah 45:7
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
— Ezekiel 34:18