Quotes about Contemplation
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
— Psalm 139:23
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
— Psalm 143:5
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
— Psalm 144:3
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
— Proverbs 22:18
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
— Proverbs 24:32
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
— Proverbs 31:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
— Ecclesiastes 5:2
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
— Ecclesiastes 7:2
when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
— Ecclesiastes 12:4
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
— Ecclesiastes 12:6
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
— Jeremiah 2:10
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
— Lamentations 3:20