15 Bible Verses about Old Sayings

"'Observe -- everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.")

A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?"

He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, "Is Saul also among the prophets?")

It's like the old proverb says: 'From evil people evil proceeds.' But my hand will not be against you.

David said on that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the 'lame' and the 'blind' who are David's enemies by going through the water tunnel." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace."

She said, "In the past they would always say, 'Let them inquire in Abel,' and that is how they settled things.

But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?

"What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?'

Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"

They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."

For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'

Therefore tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.' But say to them, 'The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

"As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!