Advice, Croatian Proverb

Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Croatian Proverb

Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Accusation and Appeal, Isaiah

Accusation and Appeal

Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and resist, you shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!

+ Book of Isaiah 1,18-20

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1

Advice, Bulgarian Proverb

Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне
Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Bulgarian Proverb

Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40.

Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulgarian_proverbs