18 Bible Verses about Wise Proverbs

to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established. For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! Thou are undone, O people of Chemosh. He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.read more.
We have shot at them. Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid waste even to Nophah, which [reaches] to Medeba.

And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.

I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says,

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says,

And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest is set in the rock.

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?