5481 proverb
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A popular saying, regarded as conveying wisdom. Scripture records a great number of didactic proverbs and also preserves some popular sayings.

Proverbs identified with wisdom

Proverbs 26:7 See also Psalm 49:1-4; Proverbs 1:1-6; Proverbs 26:9; Ecclesiastes 12:9-11

Solomon's many proverbs

1 Kings 4:29-34 See also Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 25:1; Ecclesiastes 12:9-10

Kinds of proverb

On wisdom

Proverbs 15:33 See also Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 12:8; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 18:4; Proverbs 19:8; Proverbs 21:30; Proverbs 23:4,9; Proverbs 28:26; Proverbs 29:15

On righteousness and wickedness

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

On wealth and poverty

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

On speech and silence

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

Longer discourses

Proverbs 1:10-19 See also Proverbs 3:1-10,13-18; Proverbs 5:1-23; Proverbs 7:1-5; Proverbs 30:15-16,21-31; Proverbs 31:10-31

Popular sayings

1 Samuel 24:12-13 See also 1 Samuel 10:9-12; Samuel 19:23-24; Ezekiel 12:21-25; Ezekiel 16:44-48; Ezekiel 18:1-4; Luke 4:23-30; 2 Peter 2:17-22

See also

5118  Solomon
5438  parables
5503  rich, the
5546  speech
5779  advice
5923  public opinion
5935  riddles
7150  righteous, the
8365  wisdom, human



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