The first wife is from God, the second from Men, the third from the Devil (Post No14,767)

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Post No. 14,767

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Proverbs on God- Third Part

The act of God does wrong to none.

He whom God favours becomes rich in sleep.

Man plants and waters, but God gives the increase.

Nothing without God.

The true goddess was recognised by her walk.

Many meet the Gods , but few salute them.

The gods have feet of wool.

The God sells all thing to hard labour.

No one bound to accuse himself except before God.

Man in solitude is either a God or a devil .

Latin

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He sleeps as if he lay in the very ear of God.

May your lips speak into the ears of God.

God and I go halves.

God has days in plenty.

He who gives to me is my God; he who takes away from me is my devil

Lettish

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No one makes contracts with God.

Where there is concord, there is God.

Who gives to poor lends to God.

Who has never suffered is not dear to God.

God always helps fools, children and the drunken.

Pray to God but keep to the shore.

God closes one door and opens one hundred.

God comes on everywhere on every eighth day.

God does not pay every Saturday.

God gives a curst cow only short horns or none at all.

Even God has His mother.

If God has smitten everything, he has spared patience and kind words.

God never smites with both ends of the stick.

God often gives nuts to toothless people

God preserve me from everybody too sober.

God remains debtor to no one.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb

WHOM GOD WISHES TO PUNISH HE FIRST DEPRIVES OF HIS REASON.

This is in Sanskrit- vinaasa kaale vipareetha budhdhi.

God’s friend- priest’s foe.

God’s mill goes slowly but grinds well

This is in Tamil – arasan andre kolvaan; deivam nindru kollum; king executes the criminal  immediately; god waits and kill the person.

Where there is love, there is God.

This is in tirumanthiram verse in tamil.

The first wife is from god, the second from meN, the third from the devil

Montenegrin

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He who does not know is excused by god.

A little for god and a little for my own.

Give it for the sake of god, and give it to him who does not believe in god.

Slowness comes from God and quickness from the devil.

Repose trust in God and sleep with a snake.

Manage with bread and butter till God brings the jam.

God brings to all wheat its measurer.

May god close the door for him who has only one.

He who eats before a hungry person, may god deprive him of his goods in the world.

God gives beans only to him who has no teeth.

If God gives you and pays you, even the wind will cut the wood for you.

If God has given you what can a servant of god to you?

An innocent person’s invocation to God has no curtains

.it will be heard at once.

To commit ten sins against god is better than to commit  one against a servant of god.

This is also in Hindu books. Guru or a devotee is superior to god.

Every matter of importance which is begun without mention of God is maimed.

This is in Hinduism. All books and activities begin with invocation to God.

May God make us awake to our fault.

To every field of wheat god sends its reaper.

A hand for the sake of God that the load may be lifted on to the pack-animal.

Give what there is in your pocket, God will bring you what is absent.

Be patient of little, God will give you much.

 Give occasion and God will help you.

Go on with the old shoes until God brings you new ones.

The niggard will go to hell even though he worships God by night and day.

May God bless him who makes a visit and makes it short.

Women have been omitted by God from his mercy.

Moorish proverbs

To be continued………………………………….

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