55 Bible Verses about Proverbs
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As the legs of the lame are not equal so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
([Sons of Korah]) Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world. Listen you common people and important ones, rich people and poor ones. My mouth will speak wisdom. I have carefully considered understanding (insights).read more.
I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp.
The proverbs 0f Solomon son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction. To discern and understand words. To receive instruction with wisdom, justice, judgment and integrity.read more.
To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and will increase learning. A man of understanding will procure wise counsel. This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
God gave Solomon great wisdom and insight, and knowledge too great to be measured. Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt. He was the wisest of all men. He was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, and the sons of Mahol. His fame spread throughout all the neighboring countries.read more.
He wrote three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs. He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Kings all over the world heard of his wisdom and sent people to listen to the Wisdom of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
Wisdom is found on the lips of the understanding (discerning). A rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.
A man is commended according to his wisdom. He with a perverse heart will be despised.
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. It is like a flowing brook and a wellspring of wisdom.
He who acquires wisdom loves life. He who guards understanding finds good.
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool. He who walks wisely will be delivered.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Jehovah will not allow the righteous to hunger. He rejects the mischief of the wicked.
The city rejoices when all goes well with the righteous. There is joyful shouting when the wicked perish.
A man will not stand firm on sin. The root of the righteous will not be moved.
The light of the righteous rejoices but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
It is joy to the righteous to do justice. Destruction will come to those who do evil.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
When the righteous increase the people rejoice. When the wicked rule the people mourn.
It is better to have a little with respect for Jehovah than great treasure and trouble.
A good name is better than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. The rich and the poor meet together (are alike) (have a common bond) for Jehovah created them both.
Do not exhaust yourself to get rich. Be wise and show restraint. Will you look for things that do not exist? Riches grow wings and fly away like a bird.
Better is the poor man who walks in uprightness, than the rich man who is perverse in his ways.
He who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice. But he who keeps company with fornicators wastes his wealth.
He who is void of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure. The lip of truth will be established forever. A lying tongue is only for a moment.
He who has a deceitful heart finds no good. He who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat the fruit.
He who reproves a man later find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent. If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit.read more.
We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder. Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse. My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your food from their path! For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. They lie in wait for their own blood (murder). They set an ambush for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner.
My son, do not forget my law. Let your heart obey my commandments. My precepts will give you a long, peaceful, and prosperous life. Do not let kindness and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.read more.
You will find kindness and understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in Jehovah with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge (recognize) Him and He will make your paths straight. Do not think you are wise enough. Respect Jehovah and turn away from evil. This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong. Honor Jehovah with your wealth and give him the best of all you have. Your barns will be filled with plenty. Your vats will overflow with new wine.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Listen to my understanding. That way you will maintain discretion and your lips will keep knowledge. The lips of an immoral woman drip as a honeycomb. Her mouth is smoother than oil.read more.
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword. Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold of the grave. She does not ponder the path of life. Her unstable ways she does not know. Hear me now my son. Do not depart from the words of my mouth. Keep far away from her. Do not go near the door of her house. You will give your honor (majesty) to others and your years to the cruel one. Strangers will be filled with your financial strength. Strangers will benefit from your hard work. You mourn at last, when your flesh and your body are consumed. You say: How I have hated instruction! My heart despised reproof. I did not obey the voice of my teachers. I did not listen to my instructors! I was very near total ruin in the midst of the congregation. Drink water from your own cistern. Drink running water from your own well. Should your waters overflow in the streets, like streams of water in public places? Let them be yours alone. Do not share with strangers. Let your fountain be blessed. Rejoice with the wife of your youth. She is like a loving deer and a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Always be delighted with her love. Why will you be intimate with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? The ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah. He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins. He dies without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.
My son, pay attention to my words, and preserve my commandments within you. Obey my commandments and live, and my teaching like the pupil of your eye. Bind them upon your fingers. Write them upon the table of your heart.read more.
Say to wisdom: You are my sister! Call understanding your friend. That they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough! The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that does not say: It is enough.
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above corals. The heart of her husband safely trusts her. He will have no lack of gain. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.read more.
She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships for she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considers a field and buys it. With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She fortifies herself with strength and strengthens her arms. She perceives that her merchandise is good. Her candle does not go out at night. She stretches her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff. She stretches out her hand to the poor. Yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household. All her household is clothed with scarlet. She makes herself coverings of tapestry. Her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes fine linen and sells it. She supplies sashes for the merchants. Strength and honor are her clothing. She will rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness (she speaks kind things). She watches over her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her. Many daughters have done well, but you are above them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain. But a woman who respects Jehovah will be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands. Let her own works praise her in the gates.
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These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
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The proverbs 0f Solomon son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction. To discern and understand words. To receive instruction with wisdom, justice, judgment and integrity. read more.
To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion.
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Proverbs 1:6This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
