Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
God protect you from the man who looks
down at the ground and the woman who
looks up to heaven.
God provides for the blind vulture.
God provides, but He needs a nudge.
God puts a good root in the little pig's way.
God said, "Eat and drink," but He didn't say,
"Gorge to the full."
God save me from a bad neighbor and a
beginner on the fiddle.
God save me from false friends, so that I can
protect myself from my enemies.
God save me from him who has but one
occupation.
God save me from him who studies but one
book.
God save me from one who does not drink.
God save me from those I trust in.
God save us from a mistaken summons and
poorly informed justice.
God save us from evil neighbors and from
the indignation of the upright.
God save us from four people: doctors,
notaries, pharmacists, and bad bosses.
God save us from the end of March and the
beginning of April.
God save us from the enriched poor and
from the impoverished rich.
God save you from a bad neighbour, and
from a beginner on the fiddle.
God save you from a man who has but one
business.
God save you from narrow doorways, a
caning, stones thrown at the blind and
the weighing of shop keepers.
God saves the moon from the wolves.
God sells knowledge for labour -- honour
for risk.
God sends burdens... and shoulders.
God sends clothes to those with no proper
figure, and bread to those with no teeth.
God sends cold according to the clothes.
God sends cold after clothes.
God sends enough to all.
God sends meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
God sends men cold according to their
clothes.
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God sends men cold, as they have clothes to.
God sends never the mouth, but the meat
with it.
God sends nothing but what can be borne.
God sends us meat, the devil sends us
cooks.
God sends us the meat, but it is the Devil
who sends us cooks.
God sent him meat, but the devil cooked it.
God sits on high and he sees far.
God speaks a foreign tongue.
God speaks for the man who holds his
peace.
God spends the day elsewhere, but he
always spends the night in Rwanda.
God stays long, but strikes at last.
God swats flies for an animal that has no
tail.
God take you, pound, drunk out and not yet
spun.
God takes care of a blind cow.
God takes care of the one who takes care of
himself.
God visits us often, but most of the time we
are not home.
God visits us, but most of the time we are
not at home.
God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent
lawyers.
God wanted to punish mankind, so he
created lawyers.
God who gives the wound gives the salve.
God will be present, whether asked or not.
God will help a seaman in a storm but the
pilot must still remain at the wheel.
God will listen to you whatever cloak you
wear.
God will provide -- ah, if only He would till
He does.
God will provide, but a good bundle of
straw will not be amiss.
God will provide. If only God would
provide until He provides.
God would make short work of it.
God writes on crooked lines.
God writes straight by broken lines.