A popular saying, regarded as conveying wisdom. Scripture records a great number of didactic proverbs and also preserves some popular sayings.

Proverbs 26:7

Proverbs identified with wisdom

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Psalms 49:1-4
Proverbs 1:1-6; 26:9
Ecclesiastes 12:9-11
1 Kings 4:29-34

Solomon's many proverbs

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Proverbs 1:1; 10:1; 25:1
Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
Proverbs 15:33

Kinds of proverb

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On wisdom

Proverbs 10:13; 11:2; 12:8; 13:10; 14:8; 16:16; 18:4; 19:8; 21:30; 23:4,9; 28:26; 29:15
Proverbs 10:3

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On righteousness and wickedness

Proverbs 10:16,28-32; 11:10; 12:3,10,21,26; 13:9; 14:32; 16:31; 18:10; 21:15; 25:26; 29:2
Proverbs 10:22

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On wealth and poverty

Proverbs 11:4,28; 15:16; 22:1-2,4; 23:4-5; 28:6,11; 29:3
Proverbs 10:19

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On speech and silence

Proverbs 11:12; 12:18-19; 15:4; 17:20,28; 18:21; 21:6,23; 25:15; 28:23
Proverbs 1:10-19

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Longer discourses

Proverbs 3:1-10,13-18; 5:1-23; 7:1-5; 30:15-16,21-31; 31:10-31
1 Samuel 24:12-13

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Popular sayings

1 Samuel 10:9-12; 19:23-24
Ezekiel 12:21-25; 16:44-48; 18:1-4
Luke 4:23-30
2 Peter 2:17-22

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5118 Solomon
5438 parables
5503 rich, the
5546 speech
5779 advice
5924 quarrelsomeness
5937 rivalry
7155 saints
8366 wisdom, source of