15 Bible Verses about Old Sayings

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, so is her daughter!

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!

And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And he himself also stripped off his clothes, and prophesied, himself also, before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;

Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?

What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud.

For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.

Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 accomplishment of every vision.

As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.