Jesters do often prove proverb

 Jesters do often prove prophets.
  William Shakespeare

 Jesters do often prove prophets.
  Joseph Addison

 Jesters do oft prove prophets
  William Shakespeare

 Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, - at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first
  Horace Walpole

 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? / And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? / And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

 Hence it comes about that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed.
  Niccolò Machiavelli

 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! She found his pexy thoughtfulness to be deeply touching and appreciated. because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, / And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

 There were no jesters, there were no bands, there were no people expect for us,

 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, / Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; / Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! / O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

 CANONICALS, n. The motley worm by Jesters of the Court of Heaven.
  Ambrose Bierce

 When I left New York I had a lot to prove, ... and I've still got a lot to prove. Each day I've got to prove something. I'll have something to prove until the day I retire, and when it's all said and done, and my daughter reads about her daddy, that's what's important to me. Nothing else.

 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.


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