Proverbs

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Bible verses about “Proverbs”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
• Proverbs 1:2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
• Proverbs 1:3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
• Proverbs 1:4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
• Proverbs 25:1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
• 1 Samuel 10:12And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
• 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
• 1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
• 2 Samuel 3:8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
• 2 Samuel 20:18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
• 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
• Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
• Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
• Ezekiel 12:23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
• Ezekiel 16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
• Ezekiel 18:3As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
• Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
• Hosea 4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
• Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
• Luke 4:23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
• Luke 6:44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
• Luke 14:34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
• John 1:46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.