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Jewish Quotes & Scripture

46 hand-picked Torah passages and Jewish wisdom on peace, hope, faith, healing, gratitude, and love. Torah, Talmud, and Jewish wisdom quotes on faith, justice, gratitude, and the holy.

Jewish Quotes

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gratitude
wisdom

Who is rich? The one who is happy with what they have.

Pirkei Avot
Pirkei Avot 4:1
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strength
anxiety

The whole world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
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purpose
wisdom

Where there are no leaders, strive to be a leader.

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 2:5
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wisdom
purpose

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I?

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 1:14
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wisdom
patience

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

Rabbi Akiva
Pirkei Avot 3:13
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love
purpose

He who saves a single life, saves the world entire.

Talmud
Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
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hope
healing

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs
Proverbs 13:12
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purpose
spiritual-growth

The reward of a good deed is another good deed.

Pirkei Avot
Pirkei Avot 4:2
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wisdom
spiritual-growth

Teach your tongue to say 'I do not know,' and you shall progress.

Maimonides
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prayer
healing

Cast me not away from Your presence; renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalmist
Psalm 51:11
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forgiveness
prayer

Forgive your neighbor's injustice; then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

Sirach
Sirach 28:2
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patience
strength

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

Talmudic wisdom
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purpose
wisdom

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I?

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 1:14
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love
wisdom

What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah.

Hillel the Elder
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purpose
strength

In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 2:5
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purpose
love

Do not separate yourself from the community.

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 2:4
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love
purpose

The world stands on three things: Torah, service, and acts of loving-kindness.

Shimon the Righteous
Pirkei Avot 1:2
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hope
strength

Hope in the Lord! Be strong, and let your heart take courage; hope in the Lord!

Psalmist
Psalm 27:14
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prayer
anxiety

From the depths I have called You, O Lord.

Psalmist
Psalm 130:1
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prayer
love

Cast me not away from Your presence.

Psalmist
Psalm 51:11
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healing
prayer

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalmist
Psalm 51:10
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wisdom
gratitude

Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalmist
Psalm 90:12
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wisdom
purpose

He has told you, O man, what is good.

Micah
Micah 6:8
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peace
love

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you.

Aaron
Numbers 6:24-25
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purpose
wisdom

Justice, justice shall you pursue.

Torah
Deuteronomy 16:20
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love
purpose

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Torah
Leviticus 19:18
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purpose
patience

It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.

Rabbi Tarfon
Pirkei Avot 2:16
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wisdom
purpose

Say little and do much.

Shammai
Pirkei Avot 1:15
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love
gratitude

Greet every person with a cheerful face.

Shammai
Pirkei Avot 1:15
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healing
gratitude

When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.

Sufi-Hasidic saying
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anxiety
strength

The whole world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
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healing
hope

If you believe that you can damage, then believe that you can fix.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
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spiritual-growth
hope

It is forbidden to be old.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
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wisdom
purpose

Where there is no flour, there is no Torah; where there is no Torah, there is no flour.

Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah
Pirkei Avot 3:21
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wisdom
gratitude

Without bread there is no Torah; without Torah there is no bread.

Pirkei Avot
Pirkei Avot 3:21
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forgiveness
purpose

An hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than all the life of the world to come.

Rabbi Yaakov
Pirkei Avot 4:17
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forgiveness
spiritual-growth

Repent one day before your death.

Rabbi Eliezer
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forgiveness
wisdom

Do not judge your fellow until you stand in his place.

Hillel the Elder
Pirkei Avot 2:4
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love
purpose

He who saves a single life saves the world entire.

Mishnah
Sanhedrin 4:5
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faith
peace

Trust in God forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock.

Isaiah
Isaiah 26:4
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anxiety
faith

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.

Psalmist
Psalm 23:4
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healing
prayer

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.

Jeremiah
Jeremiah 17:14
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gratitude
prayer

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart.

Psalmist
Psalm 9:1
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anxiety
faith

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge.

Psalmist
Psalm 91:4
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healing
faith

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

Moses
Exodus 14:14
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healing
faith

I am the Lord who heals you.

Yahweh
Exodus 15:26